Emotions ran high Saturday morning at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, as a pair of heroes were honored for their life-saving actions after a fiery crash east of Bend last year.
Continue ReadingA United Airlines flight bound for Honolulu returned to Denver International Airport Saturday after suffering an engine failure with debris from the aircraft falling onto a Denver suburb. United Flight 328 returned safely to the airport around 1:30 p.m. after suffering an engine issue, an airport spokesman told CNN. The flight returned about 20 minutes
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A man snowmobiling in the Sawtooth National Forest in central Idaho died Friday after triggering a large avalanche. The snowmobiler was riding up a steep slope in the Smoky Mountains, roughly 8 miles from Galena Summit, when he triggered the avalanche, according to the Sawtooth Avalanche Center. “We are saddened to report that a snowmobiler
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The body and vehicle of a missing Portland man were found in the Columbia River under the I-205 bridge Wednesday evening. Redmond YouTube diver Jared Leisek played a key role in the discovery.
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An SUV left slushy Highway 20 west of Tumalo and crashed into a tree Monday afternoon when the driver swerved to avoid someone stopped to turn left; authorities say he was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
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Recent heavy snowfall and wind has made for dangerous avalanche conditions in the Central Oregon Cascades.
Continue ReadingThe United States Coast Guard has called off the search for six people off the Florida coast while continuing to look for 10 people that went missing in a separate incident near Key West. The Coast Guard was searching for six people that were in a boat that capsized on February 10 before calling the
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The U.S. Coast Guard hoisted a man from backcountry near Haines, Alaska on Saturday after he was mauled by a bear.
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An avalanche in California’s northern backcountry has killed an Oregon skier near a remote peak.
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A 74-year-old Bend woman was killed Thursday when her SUV was struck by a pickup towing a large trailer on Southwest Century Drive, Bend police said.
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A Portland businessman killed in the spiraling, fiery crash of his twin-engine business jet on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation last month had tried but failed to gain certification to fly the plane, as he did that day – likely for the first time alone, federal investigators said Thursday.
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A 19-year-old Bend resident with a suspended driver’s license was arrested late Tuesday night on reckless driving, hit-and-run and other charges, accused of fleeing police, driving the wrong way on the Bend Parkway and crashing into a tree, power box and two Bend police cars.
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Three Idaho Army National Guard pilots have died after their Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Boise during a training flight.
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Carbon monoxide poisoning from a propane heater is suspected of killing a Salem man and his 17-year-old daughter in a fifth-wheel trailer, Marion County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.
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A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy and Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid a 6-year-old Springfield girl injured in a sledding accident at Paulina Lake on Saturday, officials said.
Continue Reading A 55-year-old Lakeview man was killed Thursday night in a single-vehicle crash on state Highway 31 in Lake County, Oregon State Police reported.
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A pickup truck stolen in northeast Bend Wednesday morning was recovered in Crooked River Ranch and the driver arrested after a hit-and-run crash and two police pursuits, as officers were able to track the victim’s cellphone that was still in the truck, authorities said.
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Court documents say a motorist accused of hitting pedestrians, bicyclists and killing a 77-year-old woman Monday in Portland has pleaded not guilty to murder and has given detectives bizarre explanations about the incident.
Continue Reading 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 Portland on Monday. Authorities identified the driver as Paul Rivas, 64, of Oregon City, according to a statement from the Portland Police Bureau. Rivas is being held at the Multnomah County
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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 Portland, police said Tuesday. “Detectives say that the driver’s actions did show intent to hit and injure people,” police said. The Portland Police Bureau said in a
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