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Alleged drunk driver who crashed into school bus in Redmond faces misdemeanor charges

A Culver woman was arraigned Wednesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court on 26 misdemeanor charges stemming from a…

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Sex-trafficked Chinese women were living in massage parlors in Lake Oswego and West Linn, prosecutor says

A Clackamas County prosecutor last week told a judge that the list of defendants indicted for allegedly sex-trafficking…

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18-year-old arrested after high-speed chase across Jefferson, Deschutes counties

A chase across two Central Oregon counties with speeds reaching up to 120 mph resulted in the arrest…

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Southern Oregon man accused in Mouseketeer’s death faces new charges

A Southern Oregon man awaiting trial in the death of one of the original Mouseketeers pleaded not guilty Friday to…

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After governor’s push for reforms, a new report details harsh conditions at women’s prison

At Oregon’s only women’s prison, female inmates have seen large black paper cutouts of rats along a hallway…

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UPDATE: Sheriff’s office IDs two people killed in SUV crash on Knott Road

Two people died Friday morning after their Dodge Durango went left the roadway and crashed into a tree…

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Former Madras prison superintendent pleads guilty to theft, misconduct, must pay prison back

A former superintendent at the state prison near Madras was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered…

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Washington man accused of sabotaging 2 electrical substations in Oregon

A Washington man on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment accusing him of sabotaging two electrical…

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Appeals court: Physicians can be sued in lawsuit over drugged-driving crash that killed Bend cyclist

A Deschutes County Circuit Court decision to dismiss a $34.5 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family…

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Man who defrauded COVID relief program while on parole in Oregon sentenced to 2 years in prison

A Nevada man who invented a fictitious company and fraudulently obtained $163,100 in federal coronavirus relief funds while…

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