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The Bulletin, Feb. 24, 2015 The state and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are taking action to get transient campers out of tents on state lands east of Bend and into more suitable living shelters. The Oregon Department of State Lands on Monday posted emergency closure signs at the Stevens Road Tract restricting public access […]
KTVZ.com, Feb. 21, 2014 It was a packed room at the City Club of Central Oregon’s latest forum at St. Charles in Bend Thursday. “Mental illness is not something we talk about – we’re not comfortable with it,” said Dr. Susan Keys, a senior researcher on mental health at OSU-Cascades. The timing for the forum […]
By Kim Tobin, KTVZ.com (Central Oregon), May 2, 2013 Suicide rates are on the rise across the U.S.. and Oregon has seen an even bigger spike, up nearly 50 percent among middle-aged men. Central Oregon mental health experts say they are not surprised by the numbers, but they want to turn them around. “To me, […]
May 15, 2008 Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan has announced the findings of his investigation into the fatal shooting of Refugio Cruz-Fuentes by a Bend Police detective earlier this month: lawful and justified. Detective Tom Brown, a 14-year veteran of the Bend Police Department who was assigned to the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement team […]
From the Bend Bulletin, May 15, 2008 A man shot and killed by a police officer took nine bullets to the head, neck, chest and right hand when he refused to put his hands up during a suspected methamphetamine deal earlier this month. Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan announced Wednesday that Bend Police Detective […]
From the Bend Bulletin, October 31, 2006 Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles has officially cleared two deputies involved in the fatal shooting of a La Pine man last month of any wrongdoing. Stiles announced Monday that the deputies adhered to “department policy, procedure and training” during a domestic violence call Sept. 15 that resulted in […]
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