Search for missing Mount Hood snowboarder ends sadly with recovery of his body
The often risky air and ground search for a snowboarder missing on Mount Hood ended sadly with the discovery of his body, buried in avalanche debris,…
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La Pine man delivering concrete blocks electrocuted when boom hits power lines
A 23-year-old La Pine man delivering concrete blocks was electrocuted Thursday when the boom of his truck touched overhead power lines, Deschutes…
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Air, ground search to resume for missing snowboarder at Mt. Hood Meadows
An extensive air and ground search Wednesday failed to locate a Portland-area snowboarder missing in the area of the Mt. Hood Meadows ski resort and…
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As road project peak season arrives, crews worry about higher speeds, rising work zone dangers
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – As Oregon enters the busy months for road projects, drivers will see more work zones. Watching for the color orange is a…
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Bend man charged in head-on DUII serious-injury crash on Century Drive; OSP seeks witnesses
A Bend man was charged with drunken and reckless driving and assault after a head-on crash on the Cascade Lakes Highway late Friday afternoon that…
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2 injured in US naval submarine accident in Washington state
Two U.S. Navy personnel suffered non-life-threatening injuries in an accident aboard a nuclear ballistic missile submarine docked at a maintenance…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Salem driver who killed 4 homeless people had twice the legal blood-alcohol limit
The man who allegedly drove into a homeless encampment in Salem early Sunday, killing four people, had roughly double the legal limit of alcohol in…
Continue ReadingDriver arrested, accused of crashing into Salem homeless camp, killing 4, injuring 3
Police arrested on manslaughter, DUII and other charges a 24-year-old driver who they said crashed into a homeless encampment in Salem early Sunday…
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Coast Guard suspends search for master of sunken fishing vessel off Oregon coast; 1 dead
The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it has suspended the search for the master of a fishing vessel that sank in the Pacific Ocean, about 35 miles west…
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Distracted trucker in rollover crash, spills load of lumber that blocks George Millican Road
A truck driver from Illinois became distracted after dropping an item in his cab, leading to a rollover crash that spilled a load of lumber and…
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Deschutes County SO Search and Rescue volunteers help injured mtn. biker on trail west of Bend
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers responded Wednesday afternoon to help a Nevada woman who suffered a broken arm while…
Continue ReadingChinese airliner carrying 132 people crashes in southern Guangxi region
By CNN’s Beijing bureau, Yong Xiong, Lizzy Yee and Wayne Chang, CNN A China Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying 132 people crashed in the…
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Madras man jailed on criminally negligent homicide, DUII charges in fatal crash
A 22-year-old Madras man was arrested on criminally negligent homicide, DUII-alcohol and other charges after a crash early Sunday morning that killed…
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Redmond man, Lebanon woman killed in head-on crash on Hwy. 20 east of Sweet Home
A Lebanon woman and a Redmond man were killed Friday in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 east of Sweet Home in Linn County that also sent to people…
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Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies identify Texas man killed in Sunday snowmobile crash
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday released the name of a snowmobiler from Texas who suffered fatal injuries late Sunday afternoon when…
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Skier, 71, dies at Mt. Ashland Ski Area
A 71-year-old skier at Mt. Ashland died Friday after being reported missing and found by searchers outside the resort’s boundary ropes, officials…
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1 climber dead, another rescued after fall on Mount Hood
A climber died and another was in critical condition Monday night after falling on Mount Hood, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s…
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Prineville man, 76, killed in rollover crash of pickup east of Ashwood in Jefferson County
A 76-year-old Prineville man was killed Sunday afternoon in the rollover crash of a pickup truck towing a trailer on a road about 12 miles east of…
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Bend PD make 5 DUII arrests in 6 hours; one man twice, another also on hit-and-run, assault charges
Bend police made five DUII arrests in less than six hours Sunday night and early Monday, including a Bend man arrested twice in three hours for DUII,…
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Two Bend climbers rescued after getting stuck 200 feet up Smith Rock’s Red Wall
Two young Bend men found themselves stuck 200 feet up while rappelling down Smith Rock’s Red Wall late Friday afternoon when their climbing ropes…
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