Bend pedestrian struck and killed on NE Boyd Acres Road
A 39-year-old Bend man was struck and killed on Boyd Acres Road early Tuesday morning after he apparently fell in the roadway while walking home from…
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Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue helps five stranded motorists in Maury Mountains
Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue’s busy year of rescuing motorists stranded in the snow continued Thursday evening, as they brought five…
Continue ReadingFamily, community still searching for missing crabber
LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Family and members of the community are still searching for a missing crabber days after two others were rescued from a…
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Crook County SAR rescues Portland-area couple after pickup slides off snowy forest road north of Prineville
Crook County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue’s eighth rescue of motorists stranded in the snow so far this year involved a Portland-area…
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Nearly 60 years after rancher is lost in John Day River flood, answers finally come, thanks to advanced DNA testing
Nearly 60 years after an Eastern Oregon rancher was lost in a John Day River flood, and 33 years after remains were discovered by a rafting group,…
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Corvallis woman injured in snowmobile crash at Elk Lake; Deschutes County SAR assists in rescue effort
A Corvallis woman was injured in a snowmobile crash near Elk Lake on Saturday, bringing out Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue…
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Man rescued by Coast Guard wanted in ‘Goonies’ fish incident
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man who was saved by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer at the mouth of the Columbia River as a massive…
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Crook County SAR crews rescue seven motorists stranded in deep snow in past month, prompt safety reminders
Three rescues of motorists stranded in deep snow in the woods east of Prineville since Saturday and seven since the start of the year prompted Crook…
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Bend snowmobiler flown to hospital after fiery crash into tracked vehicle threw him nearly 100 feet
A Bend man was injured and flown to St. Charles Bend Sunday evening after crashing his snowmobile into a stationary tracked vehicle on the Cascade…
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Jefferson County jury convicts Redmond man of manslaughter, DUII in fatal 2020 crash on Highway 97
A Jefferson County jury on Monday convicted a 31-year-old Redmond man of manslaughter, drunken driving and assault in a November 2020 head-on…
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Frigid cold: Sub-zero temperatures reported across the High Desert
Temperatures plunged below zero across much of Central Oregon early Monday as the Arctic front that brought some weekend snow got even…
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Hwy. 26 reopens after closures due to 2 crashes between Madras and Mt. Hood as snow sweeps into region
Two crashes about 50 miles and two hours apart closed U.S. Highway 26 north of Madras for several hours Saturday evening as an Arctic front sweeping…
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Bend man gets 5-year prison term in serious-injury road rage incident; 2nd driver awaits trial
One of two Bend men charged in a 2021 road rage incident on Highway 97 in Bend that led to a crash in which four people were seriously injured has…
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Bend man killed, 2 others injured in crash at intersection east of Bend
A T-bone crash at an intersection east of Bend Monday morning killed a 74-year-old Bend man and injured two others, one critically, Deschutes County…
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California pair’s SUV slides off snowy forest road SE of Bend; Deschutes County Sheriff’s SAR comes to rescue
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid of two California residents whose SUV slid off a…
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Oregon recreational boating deaths decline in 2022, but still considered high; most weren’t wearing life jackets
The Oregon State Marine Board said Thursday that 2022 was a safer boating year than 2020 and 2021, but the number of fatalities is still…
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Hwy. 20 reopens 80 miles east of Bend after crash involving several semis blocked snowy road
A crash involving several semi-trucks closed U.S. Highway 20 about 80 miles east of Bend for a time Wednesday night, before a partial reopening of…
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Crook County SAR rescues motorist stranded in deep snow at Big Summit Prairie
Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue came to the aid Tuesday night of a stranded motorist from Redmond whose pickup truck became stuck in heavy…
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Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue comes to aid of stranded motorist south of Prineville
Crook County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue crews used GPS data and new mapping software to find a stranded motorist from Bend whose car had left the…
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After sad discovery of Melissa ‘Rose’ Trench’s remains, grieving family says: ‘Her spirit is free and she is at peace’
Nearly three weeks of searching by police, SAR teams, family, friends and community members came to a sad end Sunday, as searchers at Shevlin Park…
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