The latest community survey by the Bend Police Department, presented to city councilors Wednesday evening, found about one-third of respondents feel less safe overall than a year ago, despite a trustworthy view of Bend police and generally positive feelings about their roles in the community.
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Gov. Tina Kotek announced Wednesday she is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Oregon Supreme Court created by the appointment of Justice Adrienne Nelson to the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state have dropped a long-running harassment case against a man who had been accused of making threats to kill four women and a judge involved in a prior cyberstalking case against him. The man, Sloan Stanley, was released from custody after a Mason County
Continue Reading Lavish lifestyle included $4.5 million Portland home, beach house, Rolls Royces and Bentleys PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A former Oregon securities broker was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison Monday for willfully evading payment of more than $2.5 million in personal income taxes and using the excess cash to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A brief encounter between a motorist and a person on an electric scooter in Seattle over the weekend escalated into a shooting that killed the motorist and injured his young nephew, according to police. A King County judge on Monday found probable cause to hold a 35-year-old Seattle man in jail on
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of entering the U.S. Capitol with a pro-Trump mob during the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection has pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Jeffrey Grace, 64, entered the plea on Monday and had three other charges dropped as part of a
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of killing a police officer in Washington state last year has been convicted of aggravated first-degree murder. A jury found Richard Rotter guilty Monday in the death of Everett police officer Dan Rocha, the Daily Herald reported. The verdict means the 51-year-old Kennewick man faces life in prison
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At least 11 food carts, coffee stands and restaurants were hit by burglars around Bend overnight Thursday and Friday, police said as they released security photos and asked the public to help them identify and catch the culprits.
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The Crook County Sheriff’s Office would like to let everyone know April is a National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The Sheriff’s Office along with other agencies around the state and nation will be participating in a State and National Distracted Driving Awareness Blitz. This Blitz will be held April 3-10.
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Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said Friday that deputies have identified the juvenile suspects in a destructive case of restroom vandalism Thursday afternoon at Panorama Park in Crooked River Ranch.
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More than a dozen cats were abandoned in a Redmond Park and are now being cared for at Brightside Animal Shelter, as police look for who is responsible.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two of the three victims in a fatal shooting Saturday in Portland, Oregon, were high school students, school officials said Tuesday. The victims were identified as Franklin High School junior Eskender Tamra, and Roosevelt High School senior Isaac Daudi. The third person killed was 20-year-old Patrick Johnson of Portland, according to
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Tuesday, in accordance with the Presidential Proclamation ordering the lowering of flags to half-staff, Governor Tina Kotek ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset Friday, March 31 to honor the survivors and victims of the horrific act of violence that occurred Monday at
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About 10,000 people in northeast Bend received a worrisome alert Sunday evening, telling them to stay inside and lock their doors, though the situation that began with a gunshot during a domestic dispute ended quietly two hours later with the surrender of a suspect who fled.
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The Bend Police Department announced with sadness Monday the passing of a valued member of the force – K-9 Haras, who served the region for seven years until his retirement six years ago.
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A traffic stop on Highway 97 north of La Pine led to a pair of arrests assisted by Oregon State Police drug-detection K-9 Marley and the seizure of about 36 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and two pounds of suspected heroin, troopers said.
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Oregon schools are on spring break this week, and Deschutes County law enforcement agencies are reminding everyone to be safe — and planning three days of enhanced traffic enforcement to drive their points home.
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Central Oregon and federal drug agents arrested two Jefferson County men, accused of importing large quantities of drugs from Mexico, during simultaneous raids on their homes that turned up a variety of drugs and eight guns, officials said Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was arrested in southwestern Washington state early this month on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and fired a gunshot into her apartment, he quickly posted bond and was released again.
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A Portland drug dealer with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday after he was arrested transporting methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to Redmond.
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