2nd Amendment sanctuary measure overturned in Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Local governments in Oregon can’t declare themselves Second…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum welcomes appeals court ruling invalidating Columbia County gun safety laws challenge
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum announced Wednesday that the Oregon Court of Appeals has invalidated a Columbia County…
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Bend man pleads no contest to criminally negligent homicide in fatal Mayfield Pond shooting
A Bend man apprehended by federal marshals in Mexico late last year and brought back to Bend to face manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide…
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Second suspect in violent break-in, assault at Eagle Crest hotel room last May arrested in Utah
A second suspect has been arrested in Utah in a violent break-in, burglary and assault of a Tennessee man last May at The Lodge Hotel at Eagle Crest…
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Deschutes County Jail inmate found unresponsive in cell, rushed to hospital amid life-saving efforts
An unresponsive Deschutes County Jail inmate was found in their dormitory cell Monday night, prompting immediate life-saving efforts before being…
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OSP stop for speeding on Hwy. 97 in Madras turns up 7 pounds of meth; 2 Wash. residents arrested
An Oregon State Police trooper made a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 97 in Madras Sunday evening, leading to the discovery of more than seven…
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Oregon liquor agency head resigns amid bourbon scandal
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The executive director of Oregon’s liquor regulatory agency announced his resignation Monday…
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Wash. fugitive, Bend transient arrested on fentanyl trafficking charges in guns-drawn Crescent stop
A guns-drawn traffic stop on Highway 97 in Crescent late Saturday night brought the arrest of a Washington state fugitive and a Bend transient on…
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Police: FBI helped track Bend Senior HS phone threat to out-of-country caller
Bend Senior High School was placed in “Secure” lockout Thursday afternoon and all other area high schools soon were as well, for close to an hour as…
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Bend nonprofit In Our Backyard returns to Super Bowl, again working to thwart human trafficking
Carly Keenan speaks with the director of In Our Backyard, a Bend-based nonprofit devoted to stopping human trafficking, which has traveled to the…
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Redmond police thank public for helping ID 2 store, ‘porch pirate’ theft suspects; investigation continues
Redmond police this week thanked community members who saw the photos they released to the public and helped them identify a couple sought in a…
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Oregon Supreme Court rejects state AG’s petition to overturn Harney County judge’s ruling, let M. 114 take effect
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday denied the Oregon attorney general’s petition to overturn a Harney County judge’s injunction and allow…
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Seattle man jailed, accused of wielding airsoft handgun, knife to rob homeless man at camp near Sisters
A Seattle man was arrested on robbery and other charges, accused of pointing a handgun (that turned out to be an airsoft) and brandishing a knife to…
Continue ReadingPolice shoot, kill man in crisis who pointed gun at them
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Two police officers shot and killed a man who was in crisis Tuesday morning after the man pointed a gun at them in Albany,…
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Drug raid on NE Bend duplex finds dangerous lab making psychedelic hallucinogen DMT; 4 residents arrested
A raid Wednesday morning on a northeast Bend duplex that’s been the subject of numerous investigations turned up a surprise – an active,…
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Bend PD adding two DUII-focused officers to patrol the streets on Super Bowl Sunday
The Bend Police Department is adding two additional DUII officers, in addition to one full-time DUII officer, to their force to help patrol the roads…
Continue Reading30 news groups ask Idaho Supreme Court to reject gag order
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Thirty news organizations have asked the Idaho Supreme Court to overturn a gag order in a…
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Russian cryptocurrency money launderer pleads guilty in Portland to conspiracy charge
A Russian cryptocurrency money launderer who was extradited from the Netherlands to face charges in Oregon pleaded guilty Monday in federal court,…
Continue ReadingNevada lithium mine wins ruling; green energy fights rage on
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. judge has ordered the government to revisit part of its environmental review of a lithium…
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Alleged manager of raided big Alfalfa marijuana grow arrested in Texas — on the job, scooping ice cream
Nearly 18 months after a major raid on a large illegal marijuana grow in Alfalfa run by a Mexican drug cartel, one of the alleged managers of the…
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