Wash. man critically injured when tree falls on apartment
RENTON, Wash. (KTVZ) — A man was critically injured when a tree fell onto a six-unit apartment building in Renton on Sunday morning. Dispatchers…
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Hwy. 22 reopens, five days after tanker crash, fuel spill
Cleanup crews finished excavating petroleum contaminated soil Thursday at the site of a fuel spill along the banks of the North Santiam River near…
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Driver cited in Crook County rear-end crash
A two-vehicle rear-end crash southeast of Prineville Thursday evening left one pickup atop another, sending one driver to the hospital for…
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Albany foundry fined $27,500 for furnace explosion that injured 2
Oregon Occupational Safety and Health has fined Selmet Inc. $27,500 for an August 2019 titanium furnace explosion that injured two employees.…
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I-5 reopens at Wilsonville after multi-vehicle crash injures 6
A multi-vehicle crash Thursday morning that included a jack-knifed tractor and trailer closed all northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Wilsonville…
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DEQ: ‘Extremely low’ fuel levels in N. Santiam from tanker crash, spill
The Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality said in an update Thursday that only “extremely low levels” of fuel-related chemicals have been found in…
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Second Mt. Hood Meadows snowboarder dies in 2 days
A Northern California man who had been reported missing when he didn’t return home after a work trip to Oregon was found dead in Heather Canyon at…
Continue Reading Mt. Hood Meadows snowboarder killed in fall
A 45-year-old Portland snowboarder died after a fall Sunday at Mt. Hood Meadows, authorities said…
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Hwy. 22 to be closed all week by fuel tanker crash; river spill creates sheen
A 28-mile stretch of Oregon Highway 22 east of Idanha to Santiam Junction will be closed until Friday or Saturday due to extensive repairs and…
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DCSO Search and Rescue assists injured cyclist near Tumalo Falls
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue came to the aid Sunday of a Bend woman who was hurt in a fall while carrying her “fat bike” across a…
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DCSO Search and Rescue aids Bend motorists stuck in snow
A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue deputy and a SAR volunteer came to the aid Thursday night of a Bend couple whose four-wheel-drive…
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NTSB wants states to require seat belts in school buses
The National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for all states to require new school buses have three-point seat…
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$10M verdict for man injured in Wash. Amtrak derailment
A jury has awarded more than $10 million to a man who was seriously hurt when an Amtrak train derailed between Tacoma and Olympia in 2017.…
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Dozens of cats rescued from crash near Prineville heading to Portland shelter
Dozens of cats rescued after a crash last October on Highway 26 east of Prineville are being brought to the Oregon Humane Society to receive…
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Oregon OSHA fines cos. $31K for boom accident that killed 2
Oregon OSHA has issued $31,000 in fines against two companies for safety violations after investigating a boom lift accident last summer that killed…
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DCSO: Shooting accident seriously injures Redmond man
A Redmond man scouting for mountain bike riding trails on BLM land northwest of Redmond was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when his pistol fell…
Continue ReadingPlane breaks apart after skidding off runway in Turkey
(CNN) — All 183 people on board a passenger plane survived after it skidded off the runway and broke apart while landing at…
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Redmond woman killed in Alfalfa Market Road crash east of Bend
A 32-year-old Redmond woman was killed Sunday night in the rollover crash of her car on icy Alfalfa Market Road east of Bend, Deschutes County…
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Bend driver critically injured in Hwy. 20-Cooley Road crash
An 89-year-old Bend man was critically injured Friday evening when he failed to stop at a stop sign on Cooley Road, stopped in the middle of Highway…
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OSP cites Bend truck driver in Hwy. 20E crash for falling asleep
A Bend truck driver was cited Tuesday for falling asleep at the wheel, leading to a crash into a utility pole on U.S. Highway 20 east of Bend that…
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