Junction City driver jailed after crash kills 2, seriously injures third
A 21-year-old Junction City man was jailed on DUII and criminally negligent homicide charges after a crash early Saturday morning killed two people…
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Injured Colorado climber rescued after small Mount Hood avalanche
A Colorado woman climbing Mount Hood was struck by a small avalanche and injured Saturday, prompting the second rescue operation on Oregon’s tallest…
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Utah girl, 13, killed by falling tree at Detroit Lake
A 13-year-old girl from Utah was killed Sunday afternoon when the top of a large tree fell at Detroit Lake, hitting two tethered pontoon boats near…
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Scappoose man killed, Bend man injured in Hwy. 22E crash
A Scappoose man was killed and a Bend man was injured early Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 22E near Idanha, Oregon State…
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Lost climber from Sunriver rescued on Mount Hood
A 31-year-old climber from Sunriver called 911 for help after getting lost on Mount Hood in whiteout conditions late Friday and was rescued in an…
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La Pine driver injured, cited in DUII crash into power pole support
A La Pine man was injured and cited for DUII and reckless driving Tuesday night after his car left La Pine State Recreation Road and struck a power…
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Redmond woman seriously hurt in Old Bend-Redmond Hwy. rollover crash
A Redmond woman was seriously injured in a rollover crash Sunday night on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway in the Tumalo area, but her young daughter…
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2 Bend men charged in unrelated weekend DUII hit-and-run crashes
Two Bend men face DUII and hit-and-run charges after allegedly fleeing the scene of a pair of unrelated crashes on the north and south ends of town…
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Small plane crashes in Columbia River; 2 aboard swim to shore
A single-engine plane crashed into the Columbia River at Cascade Locks on Sunday, but the two Washington state residents aboard swam to shore with…
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Coast Guard rescues 2 kayakers in distress near Haystack Rock
A Coast Guard air crew rescued two kayakers in distress in the vicinity of Haystack Rock Saturday afternoon near Pacific…
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Terrebonne woman injured in three-vehicle Deschutes Market Rd. crash
A Terrebonne woman was injured and taken to the hospital Friday after her car struck an oversized mulch-spreader being towed behind a tractor on…
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Prineville man arrested in DUII crash into Crooked River
The discovery of a pickup truck in the Crooked River off the Southeast Paulina Highway Friday evening led to the arrest of a Prineville man on…
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Warm Springs woman injured in crash into road barriers west of Madras
A Warm Springs woman was injured Wednesday morning when she drove around a road barrier west of Madras and slammed head-on into concrete barriers…
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Scout Lake drowning victim ID’d as Redmond woman, Warm Springs teacher
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified a Mother’s Day drowning victim at Scout Lake northwest of Sisters as a Redmond woman who…
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Mt. Jefferson Wilderness hiker strikes self with machete, prompting rescue
A man who accidentally struck himself in the leg with a machete while hiking in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area Saturday evening was rescued in a…
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Wash. man killed when motorcycle crashes into John Day River
A Washington state man was killed Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle left state Highway 402 in Grant County, went down an embankment and into the…
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Terrebonne man killed in Hwy. 97 truck-pickup crash
A Terrebonne man was killed Thursday evening when his pickup truck was struck by a truck loaded with potatoes on Highway 97 in Sherman County, Oregon…
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5 Oregon boating fatalities so far this spring; officials urge preparation, patience
There have been five boating fatalities on Oregon’s waterways during COVID-19 this spring, and all have two things in common: not wearing life…
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Boom, then blackout: Nearly 2,800 lose power in NW Bend
A big boom was heard by many in northwest Bend Tuesday evening as two fuses blew on a Pacific Power line — possibly from lightning — and knocked…
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Madras man seriously injured in Hwy. 97 rollover crash north of Terrebonne
Oregon State Police said a 76-year-old man was seriously injured on Highway 97 north of Terrebonne Monday afternoon when he tried to pass another car…
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