Bend man gets 10-year prison sentence in armed holdup of cannabis shop

EUGENE, Ore. — A Bend man was sentenced Wednesday to over 10 years in federal prison for a 2024 violent armed robbery at a local cannabis shop, where his handgun jammed twice as he tried to shoot.

Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026

Marion County makes its case in federal court to stop Detroit Lake drawdown

Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026

Oregon Supreme Court rebukes attorney who didn’t seek mistrial for man shackled outside courtroom

SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that an attorney representing a Multnomah County man whom jurors saw shackled outside of a courtroom during his criminal trial should have sought a mistrial, expanding defendants’ right to not be seen with restraints before conviction.

Monday, Oct 5, 2026

AG Rayfield: Advantage Dental to pay $4.5 Million for improperly billing phone calls to OHP

Monday, Oct 5, 2026

Wednesday, Sept. 30th is Orange Shirt Day

Monday, Sep 28, 2026

Oregon AG Rayfield urges Congress to set safety rules for artificial intelligence

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is calling on Congress to pass rules for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.

Friday, Sep 25, 2026

Oregon, 11 other states reach settlement with Paramount, Warner Bros. over merger

SALEM, Ore. -- Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery can move forward with a merger under the conditions that they boost film production, support displaced workers and preserve competition among cable channels over the next five years, 12 Democratic-led states and the attorneys representing the companies agreed in a court settlement Monday.

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026

Can Oregon’s top federal prosecutor balance Trump’s priorities with the law? He says ‘yes.’

PORTLAND, Ore.  As the newest top federal prosecutor in Oregon under the Trump administration, Scott Bradford has forged alliances with some of Oregon’s top local prosecutors, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Portland Police Chief Bob Day. He has also taken aim at one of the state’s signature first-in-the-nation policies which those law enforcement officials must uphold.

Monday, Sep 21, 2026

Two indicted in counterfeit $100 bill scheme uncovered at Oregon Safeway stores

Friday, Sep 18, 2026

AG Rayfield sues to stop Trump administration rule punishing immigrants

Oregon Dept. of Justice releases · Sep 14, 2026, 11:39 AM

Tuesday, Sep 15, 2026

US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections.

Tuesday, Sep 15, 2026

Prineville man gets seven-year prison term for downloading child sex abuse videos

PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- A Prineville man was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison and three years' post-prison supervision by Crook County Circuit Court Judge Wade Whiting. The sentencing followed a jury trial conviction last month on several counts of encouraging child sexual abuse involving downloaded videos.

Thursday, Sep 10, 2026

Attorney General Rayfield fights to protect endangered species from federal rollbacks

Wednesday, Sep 9, 2026

Attorney General Rayfield pushes FCC to stop phone companies from looking the other way on robocalls

Wednesday, Sep 9, 2026

AG Rayfield wins court order to protect Oregonians' voting rights

State of Oregon · Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM

Saturday, Sep 5, 2026

AG Rayfield responds after federal government asks Supreme Court to lift block on USPS ballot rule

Friday, Sep 4, 2026

Federal judge upholds Oregon Recycling Modernization Act

PORTLAND, Ore. -- This week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act is constitutional, allowing the state to continue implementing the landmark recycling law.

Saturday, Aug 29, 2026

Oregon's AG, governor and treasurer applaud U.S. judge's vote-by-mail ruling

SALEM, Ore. -- A federal court late Thursday granted a temporary restraining order blocking key provisions of the U.S. Postal Service’s rule restricting delivery of mail-in ballots, siding with Oregon and a coalition of states that sued to stop it from taking effect ahead of the November election.

Friday, Aug 28, 2026

Oregon attorney general 'stands up to federal attacks on family planning'

Friday, Aug 28, 2026

State Dept. to revoke passports of parents owing $25K in child support

Thursday, Aug 27, 2026

Oregon AG Rayfield moves to block 'Trump’s meddling in Oregon elections'

Thursday, Aug 27, 2026

Oregon officials vow to continue court fight to keep vote-by-mail

SALEM, Ore. -- In a narrow ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded Monday that lawsuits against President Trump’s most recent elections executive order are premature— but it did not foreclose legal challenges if the U.S. interferes with mail voting.

Monday, Aug 24, 2026

Lincoln County grand jury finds officers justified in use of deadly force

Thursday, Jul 23, 2026

Federal judge temporarily blocks Paramount and Warner Bros. merger

SALEM, Ore. -- A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked Paramount from moving forward with a $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Monday, Jul 20, 2026

US judge to decide fate of Oregon’s new package recycling law by late August

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge will determine by the end of August the future of Oregon’s nascent statewide recycling modernization law, meant to require product manufacturers and distributors to cover some of the packaging disposal costs Oregonians currently pay via municipal and specialty waste fees.

Saturday, Jul 18, 2026

Oregon, 14 other states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts

Fifteen states on Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding.

Monday, Jul 13, 2026

On a split vote, Oregon parole board denies release of Adam Thomas, last of the 'Redmond 5' in prison

BEND, Ore. — A quarter-century after five Redmond teens fatally shot and beat a Redmond woman when she arrived home, the last one still in prison — the victim's son — has lost his first bid for parole, as a state board found he had not yet fully come to terms with his role in the brutal crime.In one of the most notorious crimes in Central Oregon history, Barbara Thomas was beaten with wine bottles and shot by a 15-year-old after five teens trashed her home on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway on March 26, 2001, looking in vain for a missing set of car keys. The teens, who became known after their arrest as the 'Redmond 5,' then fled in the woman's car but were stopped and arrested at the Canadian border.The Crime and Its AftermathAdam Thomas, now 43 and one of the victim's two sons, was the oldest of the five charged teens, at 18, and the only one sentenced to life without parole as an adult. Ashley Summers, who at 15 was the youngest of the group, was one of the four granted early release in May of 2023 by the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.The four juveniles at the time were released in 2023 under the terms of a commutation by Gov. Kate Brown, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a life sentence for violent juvenile offenders violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of 'cruel and unusual' punishment.The Parole Board's DecisionThe parole board denied Thomas's parole request on a split 2–1 vote after holding a 'murder review' hearing on April 22 at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. The board said Adam Thomas had not met the burden of proof outlined in state law and found that he 'is not likely to be rehabilitated within a reasonable period of time.' He can appeal that decision administratively, and/or again seek parole in two years.Progress Noted, But Concerns RemainThe board noted that since arriving in prison, Adam Thomas violated its rules four times between 2003 and 2016, but has had no disciplinary violations in the past decade. He has held several jobs during his prison term and obtained his GED.The board said it's clear Thomas 'is now committed to working on his rehabilitation,' but noted that he 'has a long history of self-hatred and shame regarding his brutal murder of his mother' and has not 'fully reckoned with how his emotions towards his mother were related to his brutal attack on her.'

Sunday, May 31, 2026