Jonathan Dowdy has also pleaded guilty to several counts of assault, one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving with a suspended license.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has several active cases in western Oregon.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has cut its marine patrols by more than half after the state agency that provides the bulk of its funding lost a federal grant over Homeland Security conflicts with Oregon’s sanctuary laws.

The group says they fear the system could be used to surveil marginalized communities, activists, or undermine Oregon sanctuary law, which prohibits public resources being used for immigration enforcement.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed a law that creates new judicial positions in the circuit courts of Douglas and Lane Counties.

Police said the suspect "brandished two knives" and that the officers received "significant injuries."

Lane County and a volunteer auxiliary group, the Lane County Sheriff Mounted Posse, were sued in federal court Tuesday over allegations of racial profiling, assault and civil rights violations.

In this forum, hear from the manager of Lane County’s Deflection program, Lane County’s District Attorney, and the Navigation Team Supervisor at Ideal Option on how Deflection works and how it’s going so far.

We talk with Jami Resch, the new Springfield Police Chief, and the first woman to ever ascend to that position in the city.

But the State Department of Justice cautioned the 7% could be attributed to underreporting, rather than a decrease in bias incidents.