Portland police name suspect in hit-and-run that killed 1 and injured 9
Police have named the suspected driver of the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident that killed a woman and injured nine other people in…
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Portland driver who ran over pedestrians, cyclists hit speeds of 60 mph, police say
The driver who killed one person and injured nine others was at times driving at speeds of 50 to 60 mph as he raced through streets in southeast…
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Portland businessman was alone in jet that crashed on Warm Springs Reservation
Video evidence and DNA testing have confirmed that only one person – the pilot, a Portland businessman – was aboard a twin-engine business jet…
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Portland man dies after car plunges into Columbia River
Authorities on Sunday morning recovered the body of a Portland man who died when his car left Marine Drive and plunged into the Columbia River,…
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Injured Gorge hiker rescued, three days after falling down 50-foot cliff
A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued a seriously injured hiker, three days after he fell down a 50-foot cliff in the Columbia River Gorge,…
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Crews recover body of woman swept away in Gorge mudslide
Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters on Saturday recovered the body of a woman whose vehicle was swept away in a deep mudslide…
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DCSO SAR members rescue motorist stuck in snow on Cascade Lakes Highway
A father’s call to 911 and a cellphone ping helped Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue come to the aid of a 20-year-old Willamette…
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Sad update: Young skier injured in Mt. Bachelor crash has died
A 9-year-old boy critically injured while skiing at Mt. Bachelor Saturday afternoon and flown by air ambulance to St. Charles Bend has died, resort…
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Missing Waldport woman found dead in surf
WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) — A Waldport woman reported missing after she took her dogs for a walk was later found dead in the surf at the mouth of the…
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Injured snowmobiler rescued after crash near Elk Lake
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers helped rescue a Bend man injured Saturday in a snowmobile crash near Elk Lake, west of…
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Police: NE Bend driver flees traffic stop, crashes into two other cars
A Bend police officer tried to pull over a driver for not wearing his seat belt late Saturday afternoon, but he sped away, crashed into another car…
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Search continues for woman swept away in Gorge mudslide
Searchers used inflatable yellow rafts and drove metal poles into deep mud Thursday as they searched for a woman who was swept away by a mudslide in…
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Bend New Year’s Eve crash victim starting long road to recovery
On New Year’s Eve, Julie Lea answered a call no mother wants to…
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Remains, cockpit voice recorder recovered at Warm Springs jet crash site
The remains of at least two people and the cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the scene of a twin-engine business jet crash Saturday…
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Bend man running across Bend Parkway struck, killed by semi-truck
A 42-year-old Bend man trying to run across the Bend Parkway was struck and fatally injured Saturday night by a semi-truck whose driver hit the…
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Bend man seriously injured in crash into irrigation ditch east of Terrebonne
A 29-year-old Bend man was seriously injured Friday night when he lost control of his car on an icy road east of Terrebonne and it rolled several…
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DCSO SAR, others help injured motorcycle rider near Sisters
A Salem man injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday in an off-road area between Sisters and Redmond got help from Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office…
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Wash. state man killed in 3-vehicle crash on Highway 26
A Washington state man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Sunday that closed a nearly 30-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian…
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Bend man, daughter rescued from vehicle stuck on snowy road near Paulina Lake
A Bend man, his 13-year-old daughter and their two dogs were rescued Wednesday evening, about 24 hours after their car got stuck in the snow on a…
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Oregon Marine Board urges stand-up paddleboarders to use quick-release leashes
The Oregon State Marine Board is urging stand-up paddleboard operators on moving water, primarily rivers, to always wear a life jacket — and never…
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