Patriot Front member pleads guilty to disturbing the peace
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — One of the 31 members of a white supremacist group arrested near an Idaho Pride event earlier this year has…
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Update: Missing Bend 16-year-old has been found, police say
Bend police said early Tuesday that a missing 16-year-old Bend girl had been…
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Ian Cranston sentenced to 10 years in prison in Sept. 2021 fatal Bend shooting of Barry Washington, Jr.
After tearful statements by the victim’s mother and family, a Deschutes County judge imposed the required Measure 11 sentence of 10 years in prison…
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Bend man armed with flare gun holds hostage, surrenders after standoff at SW Bend home
A Bend man armed with a flare gun and refusing to leave a southwest Bend home Saturday night also would not let someone else leave, prompting a…
Continue Reading2 weeks after police found 4 slain University of Idaho students, here’s where the investigation stands
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Two weeks after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, dozens of local, state and federal investigators…
Continue ReadingInvestigators have received more than 260 digital submissions in probe of University of Idaho murders
By Tina Burnside and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Almost two weeks after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, police are still searching…
Continue ReadingNo tip is too small, police say as they investigate Idaho student killings and vow to increase presence after holiday break
By Travis Caldwell, CNN Police in Idaho will be working through the Thanksgiving holiday on their investigation into the killings of four University…
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Dept. of Corrections I-5 cleanup crew finds small backpack with human skull inside, OSP reports
An Oregon Department of Corrections cleanup crew working Monday morning along Interstate 5 on the north end of Salem made a grisly discovery: a small…
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Beware of Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams: Oregon attorney general offers tips to shop safely
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued a pre-holiday warning Wednesday on how to avoid several of the biggest scams on…
Continue ReadingCop found justified in non-fatal shooting involving 3 people
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A jury has found a Salem police corporal justified in the use of force in a non-fatal shooting involving three people, according…
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Six Bend DUII arrests in 48 hours over weekend prompt police advice: Drive sober or get a ride
Bend police made six DUII arrests the weekend, a higher number than usual for a 48-hour period, prompting officers to offer some sober-driving (or…
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Gov. Brown grants pardon to 45,000 Oregonians for marijuana possession convictions
Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday a pardon for prior Oregon offenses of simple possession of marijuana, an act that will impact an estimated 45,000…
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Wyden bill aims to fight catalytic converter thefts, require VIN numbers be stamped on them
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said last week they have introduced legislation that would combat the rise in catalytic…
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Gun rights group, sheriff file federal lawsuit to block Measure 114, call it unconstitutional
Three weeks before Measure 114 is scheduled to go into effect, a federal lawsuit has been filed to block the voter-approved gun regulation measure,…
Continue Reading‘No plans on going back’: An Idaho community copes with fear amid the unsolved murders of four college students
By Emma Tucker, CNN A new and unsettling way of life has struck the small college town of Moscow, Idaho, in the days since four university students…
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OSP trooper’s I-5 traffic stop leads to car search, discovery of 12 lbs. of suspected fentanyl pills
An Oregon State Police trooper’s late-night traffic stop on Interstate 5 south of Albany turned into a drug bust and seizure of about 12 pounds of…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Idaho students were ‘likely asleep’ before being attacked, police say as search for answers intensifies
By Aya Elamroussi and Veronica Miracle, CNN The four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed multiple times in their off-campus home were…
Continue ReadingThey were ‘amazing people and were loved so much’: Here’s what we know about the University of Idaho victims
By Christina Zdanowicz, Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the investigation into the…
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Methamphetamine, stolen gun, cash seized in NE Bend raid, arrest of alleged drug trafficker
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Street Crimes Unit detectives seized methamphetamine, a stolen handgun and about $3,500 in cash when they pulled over a…
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Jury returns split verdict in Ian Cranston murder trial: acquitted on murder charge, convicted of manslaughter
A mixed verdict in the closely watched murder trial of Ian Cranston in the September 2021 shooting death of Barry Washington Jr. was returned by the…
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