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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Bend man seriously injured in head-on Hwy. 97 crash into tow truck, dump truck
A Bend man was seriously injured Monday morning when his car crossed into the oncoming lanes of U.S. Highway 97 on Bend’s north end, colliding with a…
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Two drivers killed in Hwy. 97 head-on crash in northern Redmond
One driver was killed and a second seriously injured in a crash that closed U.S. Highway 97 on the north end of Redmond for a time Thursday morning,…
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Missing Eugene couple, granddaughter rescued, 2 days after car got stuck
A Eugene couple and their 4-year-old granddaughter, the subject of an extensive search when they failed to return from a Christmas tree-cutting trip…
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Train derails after collision in Central Washington
A freight train derailed in Central Washington after a collision with a truck, one day after a train carrying crude oil derailed north of Seattle,…
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2 stuck climbers rescued at Smith Rock State Park
Two Smith Rock climbers who became stuck on a cliff face about 60 feet up when their rope became stuck on Saturday were rescued by Deschutes County…
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Arizona woman killed, husband seriously injured in Hwy. 97 crash N. of Chemult
A 65-year-old Arizona woman was killed and her husband was seriously injured Monday when a semi-truck driver braked for traffic on icy U.S. Highway…
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