Man loses hand after picking up exploding homemade firework
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — New Year’s Eve celebration turned to tragedy when a man lost his hand after picking up a homemade explosive thrown toward…
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Snow shuts roads across NW, including Hwy. 20 at Santiam Pass, Hwy. 26 at Mt. Hood; I-84 in Gorge reopens
Heavy snow and high winds forced officials to close dozens of state roads in eastern Oregon on Monday and Interstate 84 was shut down through the…
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Heavy, wet snow makes for slick roads, crashes around C.O.; schools close early
The wet and heavy predicted snow was falling Monday across much of the High Desert as Central Oregonians returned to work and school from the holiday…
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Redmond man killed in Highway 126 head-on crash east of Powell Butte
A Redmond man was killed Monday morning when his pickup truck went into the oncoming lane and collided head-on with a semi-truck on state Highway 126…
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Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues 2 missing Lane County hikers who wrote ‘SOS’ in snow
A Coast Guard Sector North Bend MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew helped the Lane County Sheriff’s Office in locating two 19-year-old…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s SAR assists injured skier off Tumalo Mountain
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue assisted an injured skier who sought help Saturday in getting down the east slope of Tumalo…
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Mt. Bachelor skier dies after falling into tree well; was Cypriot mountaineer on ‘7 Summits’ mission
A skier who died after falling into a tree well at Mt. Bachelor Friday afternoon was a noted mountaineer and outdoorsman living in Seattle who hailed…
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SW Redmond crash into power pole sparks multi-agency investigation; Canal Blvd. reopens
A car crashed into a power pole in southwest Redmond early Thursday morning, seriously injuring the driver and prompting a multi-agency investigation…
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DCSO Search and Rescue teams find, help overdue cross-country skier west of Bend
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers found and helped an overdue cross-country skier who became separated from family members on…
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Oregon recreational boating deaths fall in 2021, but still above historical levels
The year 2021 was a safer boating year in Oregon than 2020, the Oregon State Marine Board said Tuesday, but the number of fatalities was still…
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Propane truck overturns in Terrebonne; leak prompts evacuation of 15 homes
A propane delivery truck slid off an embankment and rolled onto its side next to a home in a Terrebonne cul-de-sac late Monday morning. A resulting…
Continue ReadingCrash leads to man being arrested for attempted murder
By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story HAPPY VALLEY, Oregon (KPTV) — Clackamas County deputies say a crash…
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Boy, 7, killed in head-on crash on icy Highway 97 near Chiloquin
A 7-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries and five other people were injured Wednesday evening when a van driver lost control due to icy conditions on…
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Surprising rise in semi-truck rollovers seen on Highway 97 curve in Redmond
With slick, icy roads and more cars on the road, the heavy duty supervisor for Consolidated Towing Inc said he expects to be a lot busier towing…
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Redmond police seek witnesses, info in July 2 fatal vehicle-pedestrian crash
Redmond police investigators turned to the public Monday for any information that could help them find a driver who struck and fatally injured a…
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Oregon Air National Guard apologizes for ‘inadvertent’ sonic boom on coast
Oregon military officials say a sonic boom that caused widespread concern on the Oregon coast that an earthquake had happened earlier this week was…
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Deschutes County SO Search and Rescue comes to aid of 2 lost snowmobilers near Todd Lake
Two snowmobilers who became lost in blowing snow on the trails near Todd Lake southwest of Bend late Thursday afternoon called 911 for help and were…
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Snowfall brings slick roads, crashes around High Desert, state; I-5 at Calif. border may reopen today
The first widespread snowstorm of the season for much of the Bend area and Deschutes County led to slick roads and crashes on Wednesday, one of which…
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Fundraiser in honor of missing Bend kayaker to raise money for Rwandan children
A fundraiser in honor of Alex Kollar, the Bend kayaker who went missing a few months ago, will take place this Friday, raising money for a cause…
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Squirrel causes outage: 1,800 CEC customers in SE Bend lose power for nearly an hour
About 1,800 Central Electric Cooperative members in southeast Bend lost power for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon for the smallest of reasons: a…
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