The family of an Oregon State University-Cascades student killed in a mountaineering accident last July has committed more than $55,000 to create an endowed scholarship for students in financial need at the Bend campus.
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By Sarah Dewberry and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 36-year-old woman slipped and fell several hundred feet from Oregon’s highest mountain right before the eyes of a group of volunteer rescue workers who rushed to her aid – and helped save her life. The woman was coming down a popular path on Mt. Hood,
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An 85-year-old Redmond woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck as she tried to cross Southwest Canal Boulevard late Tuesday afternoon, police said.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senate colleagues has sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, requesting an update on the implementation of critical road safety provisions for Oregon and the country in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “Last year, nearly 43,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes. While this number represents a
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A La Pine High School student sustained non-life threatening injuries and six others also went to the hospital Wednesday morning after their school bus hit a patch black ice on Crescent Cutoff Road and the driver lost control and slid off the road, striking a tree and overturning, authorities said.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its latest findings on wildlife-related crashes in of Oregon. It shows that claims for wildlife-related vehicle collisions in the state dropped “mysteriously” in 2022, according to an industry group.
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Five US service members were killed in an aircraft crash during a training flight in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday evening, according to a statement from US European Command. The accident occurred during a routine air refueling mission as part of military training, EUCOM said. All five service members
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Bob is the latest Bend feature taking the spotlight, far and wide. In this case it’s really B.O.B., which stands for Big Obvious Boulder. But this “rock star” was obviously not obvious enough to several drivers who landed on top of it.
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A Pacific Power contractor doing drilling work to replace a power pole hit a two-inch natural gas line in northeast Bend Wednesday morning, prompting closure of several blocks of U.S. Highway 20 (Greenwood Avenue) and cutting service to over 100 Cascade Natural Gas customers.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two people were killed in northeast Portland Saturday night when they apparently jumped over a barrier to retrieve a car part after a crash on Interstate 84 and were struck by a MAX light trail train, the Portland Police Bureau said Sunday. Officers were dispatched around 9:40 p.m. to the reported
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Colleen Carroll is mourning the loss of her identical twin sister, Courtney Carroll, who died recently at St. Charles Bend, a week after a fire hit her homeless camp on China Hat Road, south of Bend.
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A recent head-on crash on Highway 97 north of Bend sent both drivers to the hospital and led to the drunk-driving arrest of a Redmond man, as well as another DUII driver found waiting in traffic, Oregon State Police said Friday, shining a spotlight on the dangers of impaired driving.
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A viewer shared photos with us of a car that ended up atop a small boulder by the 7-Eleven at NE Franklin and Third Street in Bend. And a tow truck driver says it’s not the first time, either.
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PORTLAND, Ore., (KTVZ) – This Saturday is National Slow Down Move Over Day. The day occurs on the third Saturday of every October to remind drivers to slow down and move over when a stationary tow truck or emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, or tragedy can ensue. Helping stranded drivers on the side
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A 52-year-old Redmond man was injured in the crash of his paraglider Wednesday afternoon on the south side of Juniper Butte, south of Madras, and was flown by Life Flight helicopter to St. Charles Bend with serious but not life-threatening injuries, Jefferson County Sheriff Jason Pollock said.
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Four members of a Troutdale family on their way to view the annular eclipse were killed and another driver seriously injured in the fiery head-on collision of a pickup and SUV on U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond Thursday evening. Oregon State Police released details Saturday as they looked for witnesses to the tragedy.
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Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital, is preparing to release a rehabilitated juvenile Great Horned Owl who has been in their care since being rescued August 27 from entanglement in barbed wire fencing near Juniper Preserve.
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Oregon Health Authority has unveiled another interactive data dashboard to help people more easily track state, county and demographic trends in deaths and hospital visits related to a range of transportation-related injuries.
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A Culver woman was killed and a Metolius woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle head-on crash Thursday afternoon on state Highway 361, the Culver Highway, Oregon State Police said Friday.
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A Redmond man was struck and killed on the Bend Parkway early Friday morning by a La Pine man heading home from work who called authorities to report he’d struck someone lying in the road.
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