IDANHA, Ore. (KTVZ) — An 85-year-old Redmond man died in a crash on Oregon Highway 22 near Idanha earlier this week, Oregon State Police reported Friday. Troopers were called out around 11 p.m. Tuesday night to the single-vehicle crash in Marion County. OSP says their initial investigation has found that Richard Wayne Braxling, 85, of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Bill and Katie Bellows, owners of Cynthia’s of Bend, are dealing with major damage to their longtime shop after a driver crashed into the business early Sunday morning. Bend Police say it happened just after 2am on Southeast 3rd Street. Investigators say 42-year-old Robert Waller of Bend, suspected of drunk driving,
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SEATTLE (KTVZ) – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a fisherman early Tuesday morning after his commercial fishing vessel capsized near the entrance to Waldport, Oregon. Around 5:40 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a VHF radio mayday call from the commercial fishing vessel Ambition, reporting it was disabled in the surf near
Continue Reading(Update: Adding video) By Sarah Davis, Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Four Army soldiers are believed to be dead after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed near a military base in Washington state late Wednesday evening, according to a spokesperson from the US Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office. “The U.S. Army Special Operations Command
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An 83-year-old Bend man was cited for reckless driving Friday morning after crossing the double-yellow line on Third Street while trying to pass several vehicles near the railroad underpass, causing a three-vehicle crash, police said.
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(Updated: Quotes from Bend City Councilor Ariel Méndez) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend city councilors on Wednesday evening unanimously approved a $2.34 million contract to begin installing an automated traffic enforcement system, better known as “red-light cameras,” at several intersections around the city early next year. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz asked councilors to approve
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Redmond 7-Eleven has installed a temporary door as it begins rebuilding its storefront, after a Bend driver suspected of DUII crashed into the building just before midnight Sunday. The store remains closed while crews construct a safe entrance for customers. Redmond Police Lt. April Huey said the 42-year-old Bend man
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(Update: Adding video) BOARDMAN, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man was killed late Friday night in a crash on an on-ramp to Interstate 84 near Boardman in Morrow County, Oregon State Police said Monday. Troopers said a preliminary investigation found that Austin Scott Yager, 38, of Bend, was driving an eastbound Volkswagen Jetta that had
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IDANHA, Ore. (KTVZ) — A motorcycle rider was seriously injured in a collision with a pickup Saturday night that closed state Highway 22E at Idanha for several hours, Oregon State Police said Monday. OSP troopers responded shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday to the reported crash near milepost 54 on the highway, a key route between
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(Update: adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Just before 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, Bend Police responded to a roll-over car crash on Highway 97 near Murphy Road. When first responders arrived, they found the car on fire. According to witnesses, the single vehicle involved was traveling northbound at about 80 mph on Highway 97
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — After the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team recovered a body found at Lava Island Falls on the Deschutes River, the Medical Examiner is now conducting tests to try to identify its person. The Medical Examiner would not provide any information about the timeline or what tests would be
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Monday morning just before 9:00 a.m., Crook County Sheriff’s Office and EMS from Crook County Fire and Rescue responded to a car crash in southwest Prineville on SW George Millican Road. When first responders arrived, they found the female driver had been ejected from the vehicle and was deceased. Officials
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ)– A Medford woman arrested after a DUII crash in Medford last fall that took the life of a well-known, long-time Bend chef, Jimilee “Jason” Thomas, pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter and two other charges and was sentenced to a decade in prison. Here’s the news release from the Jackson County District Attorney’s
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UPDATE: Adding video BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As summer winds down and Labor Day weekend approaches, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is joining the nationwide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign that started August 13 and runs through September 1. While the Community Action Target Team (CATT) will increase patrols to deter impaired driving, this effort
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(Update: DCSO clarifies some details of events) SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — A pursuit of a reckless driver that began in Bend ended in Sunriver Tuesday morning in the arrest of a Bend man who Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said drove recklessly through several communities, struck a patrol car and endangered both the public and law
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As the search for a missing man continues at Dillon Falls, searchers are turning to high-tech solutions.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend woman was killed and six people were injured, including four children, in a head-on crash of her car and a minivan on Highway 97 south of Bend Thursday night, Oregon State Police reported. Here’s the full news release issued Saturday by OSP: On Thursday, August 14, at 9:49 p.m.,
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ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it suspended its search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Oregon and Washington around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Coast Guard crews searched for the 65-year-old man for over 18 hours, scouring an area of 2,100 square miles, including over 430 miles of trackline. The man
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A Springfield motorcyclist was killed in a crash Wednesday morning on Oregon Highway 126 near the intersection with U.S. Highway 20 west of Sisters, Oregon State Police reported Thursday.
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(Update: Adding video) La PiNE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A La Pine man was killed in the weekend collision of his motorcycle with an SUV at the intersection of Burgess and Huntington roads, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday. On Saturday at around 12:30 p.m., deputies responded to several 911 calls reporting a serious crash involving
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