Sonar helps searchers find Klamath Lake kayaker’s body
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A special sonar device was able to help divers find and recover the body of a Chiloquin-area man whose kayak overturned…
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Plane skids to safe stop at Prineville Airport after landing gear collapses
A pilot who called in to report a malfunctioning landing gear before landing at Prineville Airport Thursday afternoon brought the plane skidding to…
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1 killed in helicopter crash near Roseburg
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say at least one person was killed in a helicopter crash near Roseburg. KATU-TV reports the crash happened around…
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Vancouver woman cited for texting and driving, causing Bend Parkway crash
A Vancouver, Washington woman was cited for texting while driving on the Bend Parkway on Thursday after her pickup truck struck another while…
Continue Reading Search continues for Chiloquin man whose kayak flipped on Klamath Lake
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Searchers by air, ground and water have so far been unable to find a Chiloquin-area man whose kayak overturned during a…
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Bend man seriously injured in motorcycle crash, found the next morning
A 20-year-old Bend man reported missing Saturday morning after failing to go to work or return home was found laying in the brush off a Forest…
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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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