Prineville Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the vandals responsible for breaking 16 car windows with rocks in the northeast part of town early Saturday morning. The latest rash of vandalism follows several incidents of slashed tires about a week earlier.  According to Chief Eric bush, police received 16 separate complaints from 3:16 a.m. to 10:32 a.m. reporting vehicle windows that were broken when rocks or other objects were thrown through the ... [full story]

The Bend city council and an advocacy group representing eight plaintiffs who filed a federal lawsuit against the city in December 2006 alleging the city’s bus stops violated transit regulations stipulated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will meet Wednesday to settle the issue. According to the issue summary on the city’s web site prepared by Peter Schannauer with the city’s legal department, since the suit was filed both parties have been working toward a ... [full story]

Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in April compared with 5.2 percent in March. The April unemployment rate was the lowest since December 2000, when the rate was also 5.1 percent. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in April and 4.4 percent in March. In April, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 5,600, following a gain of 2,300 in March.  Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)Seasonally adjusted payroll employment rose ... [full story]

A Bend traffic stop and subsequent search of the vehicle, combined with a raid on a Terrebonne residence in connection with a six-month narcotics investigation led to the arrest of a Redmond man and a woman police described as a transient.   Carolyn Christone Orrell (left), Albert Valencia (right) - DCJ photos A multi-agency investigation by the Redmond/Deschutes County Street Crimes Unit (SCU), Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team, and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office resulted in ... [full story]

BERGEN, Norway - Authorities in Norway plan to close the Bomlafjord Tunnel to repair Europe's longest undersea traffic tunnel after a recent rock fall. The monthlong closure this summer of the 4.7-mile tunnel comes after the most recent structural failure in one of Norway's numerous traffic tunnels, Aftenposten reported Monday. Prior to the Bomlafyord Tunnel becoming littered with falling stone and clay during the last year, Norway's Finnfast and Hanekleiv tunnels suffered similar incidents. While ... [full story]

SEATTLE - The Salvation Army and Greenpeace have reportedly reached a settlement in a dispute over the estate of a Seattle man who left his fortune to charity. The accord averts what could have become a months-long legal battle between two of the nation's most high-profile humanitarian organizations, The Los Angeles Times reports. Greenpeace and the Salvation Army were among eight charities named to share equally in the $264 million estate left by Hector Guy ... [full story]

ROME - An American soldier accused in Italy of killing a secret agent in Iraq said mobile phone video he shot exonerates him. Mario Luis Lozano, who is being tried in absentia in Rome, is charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder in a March 4, 2005, checkpoint shooting in Iraq. On Monday, his trial was adjourned until July 10, ANSA reported. Lozano has said he was following the rules ... [full story]

Two boys, ages 14 and 17, and a woman were arrested last week in Bend in connection with the murder of a 60-year old man in Golden Valley, Arizona.   Tammy Sue Smith was arrested in Bend, Oregon for hindering prosecution in connection with a Golden Valley, Arizona murder - DCJ photoBend Police officers were notified on Thursday that two teenagers suspected in the May 5th shooting of Mark Samson Hall in Mohave County were in the ... [full story]

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Police said a 45-year-old Bulgarian soccer club chairman was killed in a residential district of Sofia, media reported Monday. Alexander Tasev, who had been shot twice in the head, was found Monday morning. He was identified as chairman of Bulgaria's premier soccer league club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. Tassev, 45, was the third chairman of the club killed in three years. He was reportedly involved in businesses including ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - Forty-eight police officers were killed in attacks while on duty in 2006 in the United States, seven fewer than the previous year, the FBI said Monday. Forty-six of the officers were killed with guns. Two were killed with vehicles, the FBI said. Twelve of the officers were killed during arrests, and nine of them were ambushed, the FBI said as it released a report of preliminary statistics. Another nine officers were killed in ... [full story]