Ex-Oregon State University dean wins whistleblower lawsuit
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A jury has awarded over $600,000 to a former Oregon State University dean who sued the school for whistleblower retaliation.…
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Investigation of fentanyl, meth sales on Hunnell Road leads to traffic stop, apartment raid, 2 arrests
An investigation of a Bend man allegedly selling drugs at the Hunnell Road homeless encampment led to his arrest during a traffic stop Saturday and…
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No charges filed in fatal shooting at Prineville apartment; grand jury rules man acted in self-defense
A Crook County grand jury has ruled that a 29-year-old Prineville man acted in self-defense early last month when he shot a formerly close friend who…
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‘Never had a bad day at work’: After nearly 100 ‘collars,’ Bend PD’s apprehension K-9 Kim has retired
After more than five years on the job and nearly 100 “collars” of suspects, Bend Police Department apprehension K-9 Kim retired on Jan. 31, the…
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‘Powder keg’ for 9/11: 1993 trade center bombing remembered
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lolita Jackson was at her 72nd-floor desk in the World Trade Center, feeling like she worked at…
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Idaho ordered to execute inmate but state lacks lethal drugs
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s attorney general has obtained a court order that requires a terminally ill death…
Continue ReadingFather arrested, charged in 4-month-old son’s death
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Tacoma man arrested in the death of his 4-month-old son earlier this week was charged Friday with second-degree murder.…
Continue ReadingIdaho house where 4 university students were killed will be torn down
By Mallika Kallingal and Veronica Miracle, CNN The Idaho house where four college students were killed in November will be demolished as a…
Continue ReadingUS judge won’t block huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has sided again with the Biden administration and a Canadian-based mining…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum, 11 others sue FDA over ‘unnecessary restrictions’ on medication abortion drug mifepristone
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum co-led a lawsuit with Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, and joined by 10 other…
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Ex-DCSO deputy, detective pleads not guilty to official misconduct charges; change of venue sought
A former longtime Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy and detective pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he transferred intimate photos from a dead…
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Police, FBI raid Warm Springs home, arrest second suspect in Madras fatal shooting
Warm Springs Tribal Police detectives and FBI agents raided a Warm Springs home on Thursday and arrested the second of two suspects in the shooting…
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Portland man says cryptocurrency scam destroyed his life
By Kandra Kent Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Oregonians were tricked out of $13.6 million in cryptocurrency…
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Chavez-DeRemer backs bills to charge deadly fentanyl traffickers with felony murder, protect first responders
WASHINGTON, (KTVZ) — Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) announced Wednesday her support for the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act and…
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Stolen-vehicle chase in Redmond leads to arrest of Portland-area man, suspect in several car thefts
A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy spotted one of several vehicles stolen recently near Redmond’s Home Depot Tuesday evening and a pursuit…
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Arrest made in shooting death of Catholic bishop in Los Angeles
By Cheri Mossburg, Camila Bernal and Kelly McCleary, CNN A man was taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of a Catholic bishop…
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Killer of Bend teens Angela Pastorino, Alfredo Hernandez sentenced to life without parole
At the close of a heart-wrenching, emotional hearing, a Deschutes County judge sentenced a Bend man to life in prison without any possibility of…
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Killer of two Bend teens set for sentencing after changing murder pleas to guilty
Six months after a Bend man was arrested in the killing of two Bend 18-year-olds, Wesley Abel Brady changed his pleas to guilty Wednesday to two…
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Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge. Over 100 straight days of racial justice…
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Ex-West Linn dentist gets federal prison term for stealing millions in COVID relief funds, illegal drug distribution
A former West Linn dentist was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Thursday for attempting to steal more $170 million in COVID relief…
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