Madras woman, son convicted of physically abusing two foster children in their care
After three days of testimony, a Jefferson County judge on Thursday convicted a Madras woman and her adult son on several counts of physically…
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Case against man arrested in 1994 death of woman dismissed
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Criminal charges against a man suspected in the 1994 murder of a Vancouver, Washington, woman have been dismissed. Richard…
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Bend woman’s DUII arrest after wrong-way Hwy. 97 crash adds to city’s record tally for year
A 31-year-old Bend woman was arrested on drugged driving, hit-and-run and numerous other charges Thursday night after police said she sped away from…
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Bend man arrested, accused of assault, crashing into vehicles, fence, shed; damage tops $50,000
A 32-year-old Bend-area man was arrested on assault, menacing and other charges Thursday night, accused of attacking another man on property east of…
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OSP arrests Portland woman on manslaughter, DUII charges in Hwy. 58 crash that killed 5-year-old girl, injured 5
A 26-year-old Portland woman has been arrested on manslaughter, drugged and drunk driving and other charges in a head-on crash last month on Oregon…
Continue ReadingPolice: Washington officer shot, wounded while making arrest
PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Pasco Police in southeast Washington state said one of their officers was shot and wounded Thursday afternoon while making an…
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Bend police chief: Safeway shooting video was released to comply with public records law
Shortly after Bend Police released a dramatic five-minute video compilation of the Eastside Safeway shooting on Thursday, including a worker’s…
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Prineville man gets 17 1/2 years for seeking photos, traveling to Bend for sex with ‘teen’ undercover officer
A Prineville man was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison Thursday after he requested sexually explicit photos from an undercover law…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Police adds patrols to university campus as school holds vigil for 4 students killed in unsolved stabbings
By Eric Levenson and Veronica Miracle, CNN Idaho State Police has added four campus patrols and 14 patrols for the general community as the…
Continue ReadingVictims’ families urge love, kindness as Idaho campus mourns
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As hundreds of students mourned together inside the University of Idaho’s stadium…
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Suspect in 2 Hunnell Road assaults arrested after standoff, trailer raid, bite of K-9 ‘Kim’
A suspect in two assaults in the Hunnell Road homeless encampment area on Sunday was found Monday evening at a trailer in that area and a standoff…
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Portland, Oregon settles lawsuit over police use of tear gas
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland, Oregon, has reached a $250,000 settlement to a…
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7,800 grams of cocaine seized in C.O. this year, more than over the past 10 years combined, drug agents say
Cocaine use is rising, across the High Desert and across the country.…
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Sisters-area man arrested in thefts from vehicles; DCSO seeking additional victims
A 23-year-old Sisters-area man faces theft, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and other charges, accused of recent thefts from at least two…
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Environmental groups win court stay of logging around Walton Lake, pending outcome of appeal
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ ) — A federal appeals court panel has granted Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s motion for a stay, leaving in place an…
Continue ReadingPatriot 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…
Continue ReadingUpdate: 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…
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