A truck damaged a natural gas pipe and caused a leak on Gasoline Alley in downtown Bend Wednesday afternoon, prompting a brief evacuation on adjacent Minnesota Avenue.
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday a missing La Pine man who left a doctor’s appointment Tuesday morning and didn’t return to the memory care facility where he lives has been found safe in Madras.
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CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KTVZ) – A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Astoria came to the rescue of a dog that fell from a cliff on New Year’s Day at Ecola State Park on the Oregon coast, and he’s said to be recovering well. Coast Guard crews worked with fire departments from Cannon Beach, Nehalem
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A Bend man faces DUII, reckless driving and hit-and-run charges after crashing a car into rocks at a home on NE Rock Chuck Drive early Friday, police said.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility. The plane later crashed, killing the pilot and the other two passengers on board, according to a preliminary federal report of the
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A semi-truck rollover crash blocked U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras for about six hours Thursday, after ODOT advised motorists to expect extended delays or use an alternate route.
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NewsChannel 21 learned more Thursday about the rescue of a Bend man from a six-foot dry well. John Michael McLerran, 34, had told his roommates he was going to get coffee on Christmas Day. But he left his wallet and ID behind — and never returned home.
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After a family member’s tearful plea, a judge rejected a defense lawyer’s request Wednesday and kept bail at $2 million for a Montana man facing four counts of manslaughter and DUII in an October crash on Highway 97 north of Redmond that killed four members of a Troutdale family.
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Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue was called out Wednesday to help two Salem-area men whose car became disabled on Tuesday, stranding them deep in the Ochoco Mountains, and who spent the night in the woods, then walked three miles to get cellphone coverage.
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A truck driver was cited for careless driving after he lost control on icy Highway 20 near the entrance to Suttle Lake on Tuesday morning, crashing into an Oregon State Police patrol SUV and a Black Butte Ranch Fire Department ambulance but fortunately causing no injuries.
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Ten drivers were arrested in Bend on DUII charges in less than 48 hours last Friday and Saturday, several also for reckless driving and reckless endangering, police said Wednesday in a sober reminder of the increased dangers on city streets at a time of year for holiday parties.
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A Prineville man was killed and a Bend woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a crash amid icy conditions on the Nyssa Snake River Bridge on Highway 20 in Malheur County, Oregon State Police reported.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Warm Springs man was struck and killed by a pickup truck on Highway 97 in Redmond early Tuesday morning, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers responded to the reported pedestrian-vehicle crash on the highway at NW Maple Avenue. A preliminary investigation found that Deschutes County 911 dispatchers received a call around
Continue Reading INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The victims of a small plane crash in Independence Saturday evening were all Afghan refugees and former pilots for that country, according to new information released by Independence police, KGW reported. Mohammad Hussain Musawi and Mohammad Bashir Safdari, both 35, from Independence, and 29-year-old Ali Jan Ferdawsi of Salem — all were former Afghan Air
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A Redmond man from India and a Bend woman were killed Saturday evening when the man lost control of his van on U.S. Highway 97 south of Redmond and crossed the median into an oncoming lane, striking a SUV head-on, Oregon State Police and family members said.
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INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Police on Sunday identified three people who were killed late Saturday afternoon when their small plane crashed into power lines amid heavy fog on a flight from McMinnville to Independence, sparking a power outage and small brush fire.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — During the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, we often see a rise in drunk-driving deaths. Recent data shows December drunk driving deaths are the highest in almost 15 years. As a result, the Prineville Police Department will be participating in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) High-Visibility Enforcement national
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A Redmond woman was driving in the oncoming lane on SW Canal Boulevard when her car collided head-on with a pickup truck and she was killed late Wednesday afternoon, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Thursday.
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(Update: Police say it was a van that struck the boy) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 13-year-old boy was struck by a van and injured while riding his bike across NE Greenwood Avenue in a lighted crosswalk Tuesday evening, Bend police said Wednesday. The teen had activated the flashing crosswalk lights and was riding across
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A crew with Bend’s Higher Ground Moving travels over the Santiam Pass every week, helping people move their belongings. But last weekend, a typical trip turned into something much more: a rescue of four people after a serious rollover crash into a ditch along the icy highway.
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