Small plane skids off RDM runway after landing gear collapses; no injuries
A small plane pilot and passenger escaped injury Monday after calling in a possible problem with a landing gear that collapsed during an emergency…
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Bend teen on life support after Alfalfa ATV crash; family to donate organs
A 14-year-old Bend High School freshman badly injured in an ATV rollover crash on the Fourth of July was on life support at St. Charles Bend Monday…
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Good Samaritans rescue Bend man from Deschutes River
Good Samaritans, assisted by police and fire crews, rescued a Bend man who tried to swim across the Deschutes River near the Bill Healy Bridge on…
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Truck driver sentenced to 13 months in Madras fatal hit-and-run crash
A truck driver from Mexico who authorities said struck and killed a pedestrian on U.S. Highway 97 in Madras in January and failed to stop entered a…
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Bend woman among 4 killed in California car crash
A 23-year-old Bend woman was one of four people killed Monday night when their car left a road and hit an oak tree in Templeton, California, the…
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Bend motor glider pilot killed in crash after takeoff from Bend Airport
A motor glider crashed and burned shortly after takeoff Tuesday afternoon at Bend Municipal Airport, killing the pilot, a 65-year-old Bend man,…
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Couple dead, 1 rescued after crabbing boat capsizes near Florence
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) — A well-known couple who ran a crabbing business in Florence died and one person was rescued after a fishing boat sank early…
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Welches woman killed, 2 people injured in Hwy. 26 crash west of Warm Springs
A Welches woman was killed and two Washington state residents were injured late Monday morning in a head-on crash that closed U.S. Highway 26 west of…
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Bend man arrested in Hwy. 97 DUII-drugs hit-and-run crash south of Terrebonne
A Bend man who fled an injury crash on U.S. Highway 97 south of Terrebonne Sunday afternoon was stopped by an Oregon State Police trooper five miles…
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Hwy. 97 driver swerves to avoid deer, crashes, sparks brush fire, power outage
A driver who swerved to avoid a deer crossing U.S. Highway 97 in southern Bend crashed and sparked a brushfire Sunday morning that closed the highway…
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Gravel truck flips, spills load on Highway 97 north of Bend
A gravel truck’s trailer overturned and spilled its load on Highway 97 north of Bend Tuesday morning, making for a big cleanup and slowing traffic in…
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DCSO: We don’t bill people for SAR rescues
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue does not bill the people it rescues, although state law allows it, to ensure those needing…
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Downtown Bend gas buildup prompts evacuations; kitchen burner left on
A buildup of natural gas at a closed downtown Bend restaurant on Sunday prompted evacuation of neighboring businesses, according to fire officials…
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Injured Wickiup dirt bike rider rescued by ground, water and air
A dirt bike rider from Bend suffered a serious leg injury in a crash near Wickiup Reservoir on Sunday, prompting a rescue in challenging terrain that…
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Florida motorcyclist struck by car, seriously injured on Highway 97 in La Pine
The driver, a Sunriver man, was cited for careless driving La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Florida motorcyclist was flown to St. Charles Bend with a…
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Juniper Canyon Road head-on DUII crash leaves both drivers injured
A head-on crash of two pickup trucks on Southeast Juniper Canyon Road Wednesday night left both drivers seriously injured, Crook County sheriff’s…
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Citizen finds mtn. bike of Portland man who died near Pine Mountain
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said a citizen found the mountain bike of a Portland man whose body was found by ATV riders east of Bend on…
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Texas man jailed after crash of stolen car east of Bend; stolen rifle found
A Texas man who crashed a stolen pickup truck on George Millican Road east of Bend on Saturday morning was found nearby, wearing body armor, and was…
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DCSO SAR rescues lost hiker near Johnny Lake
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid Sunday of a Monmouth man who became separated from others and got lost after…
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Pickup jumps curb, pushes fuel oil tank into La Pine barber shop
A driver’s pickup truck jumped a curb and crashed into the outside wall of a La Pine barber shop Monday morning, also hitting a fuel oil tank and…
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