Pedestrian struck, killed on I-84 near Cascade Locks
A 32-year-old Boise man was struck by two cars and killed when he walked onto Interstate 84 near Cascade Locks Saturday evening, Oregon State Police…
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3 killed, 2 critically hurt in NE Salem intersection crash
Three people were killed and several others were injured, two critically, Friday evening in the collision of a pickup and minivan at a northeast…
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Fuel tanker truck burns at Juniper Butte weigh station
A fuel tanker truck burned at the weigh station on Highway 97 south of Culver Friday morning, but Jefferson County firefighters said they were able…
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Terrebonne crash of 2 SUVs sends 4 to hospital
Three people freed by rescuers from the wreckage of an SUV were among four taken to St. Charles Redmond for evaluation after two SUVs collided on…
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DCSO sergeant earns salute for post-crash rescue
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office offered a public salute to a sergeant who quickly came to the aid of a fallen passenger after a crash Wednesday…
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Snow lets up, but still-slick roads trigger crashes
The snow finally tapered off over the High Desert on Thanksgiving Day, giving snow plow crews, sanders and all the other shovelers some holiday…
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Thanksgiving eve snow keeps roads slick, triggers crashes
Snow kept falling at a steady clip across much of the High Desert on Thanksgiving eve, causing numerous crashes and slide-offs on area roadways as…
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ODOT: Travel tricky enough, so don’t drive ‘buzzed’
There were no alcohol-involved fatal crashes last year in Oregon over the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday, a first in recent years, but it was still a…
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Family grieves for man who died on amphitheater stage
Bend police on Tuesday released the name of a 49-year-old man whose body was found Saturday morning on the stage of the Les Schwab Amphitheater and…
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‘Bomb cyclone’ hits S. Oregon, I-5 shut into N. Calif.
Travel remains treacherous and not advised tonight along the I-5 corridor and other southwest interior Oregon highways. Several highways are closed…
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Truck hits bridges, closing Franklin Ave. underpass
The boom of an excavator being hauled on a truck struck a pair of bridges over Bend’s Franklin Avenue Thursday morning, prompting closure of the…
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Prineville man arrested in Bend DUII-drugs crash
A 32-year-old Prineville man was arrested on drugged and reckless driving charges Tuesday morning after his SUV crossed all four lanes of Highway 97…
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Driver cited in Newport Avenue pedestrian crash
A Bend man was struck by a vehicle in the crosswalk at a northwest Bend intersection Sunday evening and was taken to the hospital with…
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Missing Sisters man shows up at woman’s motor home
When an unfamiliar man showed up at her motor home early Saturday morning, a worried Sisters woman immediately called 911, but soon learned he was a…
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Driver injured in O’Neil Highway crash
An injured driver was flown to the hospital Saturday after a pickup truck left the O’Neil Highway near Redmond and crashed into a tree, authorities…
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Fallen, injured hiker rescued at Smith Rock
A southern Oregon woman slipped and fell Friday while hiking atop Misery Ridge at Smith Rock State Park, prompting a rescue effort, officials…
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Nevada pair injured in Geo. Millican Road truck crash
Two Nevada residents were taken to the hospital with injuries early Friday after their rental box truck overturned on Southwest George Millican Road,…
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Salem man killed in Hwy. 20 Harney County crash
A 75-year-old Salem man was killed Wednesday afternoon when his car left U.S. Highway 20 in Harney County and struck a tree, Oregon State police said…
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Hwy. 97 S. of Bend reopens after van fire, crash
A van fire closed U.S. Highway 97 in both directions south of Bend Wednesday morning, authorities…
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Bend woman arrested in DUII hit-and-run crash
A Bend woman was arrested on drunken driving and hit-and-run charges Sunday night, accused of fleeing a crash involving three other vehicles, then…
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