Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel ruled Friday a sheriff’s deputy was legally justified in returning gunfire at a drunken driving suspect who fired several shots at another deputy during a Christmas night traffic stop in La Pine. A total of 15 shots were exchanged, but no one was injured.
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The La Pine DMV office lease has been extended for two more years as the state continues to search for a new location in the area, the Oregon DMV said Tuesday.
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Two juveniles on the run after escaping from a Woodburn youth detention facility were arrested by pursuing law enforcement south of La Pine Friday after one allegedly twice crashed a stolen car into the back of another car, Oregon State Police said.
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More than 30 Oregon state parks were free to the public Wednesday on the annual New Year’s First Day Hikes. Participating parks included the La Pine and Smith Rock state parks.
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A 22-year-old La Pine-area man was arrested early New Year’s Day after a SWAT team call-out, accused of firing several gunshots into the floor of his home after an argument with the homeowner, Klamath County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Authorities on Thursday identified a Bend man arrested Christmas night after allegedly exchanging gunfire with Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies who pulled him over in La Pine on drunken driving charges. No one was injured, they said.
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A barking dog Thursday afternoon alerted a La Pine family to a burglar in their child’s room, who they chased out of the house and was caught while trying to hide in a nearby garage, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A Bend man hired to drive a new pickup truck from Grants Pass to Bend for sale tried to reach a La Pine repair shop after a tire separated from its wheel on U.S. Highway 97 Thursday night, but crashed into storage units, officials said.
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The La Pine Community Kitchen is open five days a week and typically serves traditional food. But on the day before Thanksgiving, the kitchen hosted a special community meal for area residents.
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With snow falling and the temperatures in Central Oregon dropping below freezing, many homeless shelters in the region are expecting an influx of guests. As Thanksgiving approaches, the need is greater.
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A La Pine man heard a woman yelling for help outside a nearby bar late Saturday night, went to check on her and was shot by the woman’s alleged assailant, who was arrested on several charges, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A La Pine citizen’s report of someone acting suspicious near some mailboxes and possibly stealing mail early Friday morning led to the arrest of a 20-year-old La Pine resident on numerous counts of mail theft.
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After escaping an electrical fire that began in her roof and destroyed her La Pine home last week, Alice Silva and her family now face a new battle of putting their lives back together.
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A two-month investigation into citizen complaints of drug deals at a La Pine apartment led to a SWAT team-led raid late Tuesday afternoon, the arrest of two residents and the seizure of suspected methamphetamine and two guns, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A La Pine family narrowly escaped a fire late Sunday night that destroyed their home, but one of their dogs perished in the blaze, officials said.
Continue ReadingA 72-year-old man who moved from the La Pine area to Metolius about a year ago and frequently babysat for neighbors was arrested Wednesday on more than a dozen sex abuse counts involving one girl, and it’s believed there is more than one victim, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. The sheriff’s office received a
Continue ReadingAn estimated 900 people reported they were homeless in Bend in January, according to the Homeless Leadership Coalition’s Point in Time count. In a city that is rapidly evolving, that number is expected to continue growing along with it. On Tuesday, the city of Bend, along with the Homeless Leadership Coalition, held a meeting with
Continue ReadingA fire Tuesday evening destroyed part of a mixed-use building south of Sunriver that housed both a shop and a non-permitted residential unit, La Pine Fire Chief Mike Supkis said. La Pine Rural Fire Protection District firefighters responded around 7:30 p.m. to the 16900 block of Kasserman Drive on a report of a shop on
Continue ReadingA fire Tuesday evening destroyed part of a mixed-use building south of Sunriver that housed both a shop and a non-permitted residential unit, La Pine Fire Chief Mike Supkis said.
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A 20-year-old La Pine-area draft horse that was rescued after falling in a hole on his owner’s property last week had to be euthanized after being found down in his pasture Monday morning, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. A deputy was in the area of Holtzclaw and Green Forest roads around 9:30 a.m. when she
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