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Fog and Icy Road Conditions Contribute to Multi-Vehicle Crash
Early Monday morning, multiple emergency units were mobilized from Rural Metro Fire, American Medical Response, Oregon Dept. Of Transportation, Oregon State Police and local towing companies, when seven vehicles were involved in a multi...
Crab Season Opens with Delays South of Coos Bay
Dungeness Crab season is set to open after rough seas delayed test results. Tri-State test results came in just above minimum meat recovery rates to be met in each test area are 23% north...
A Clear, Cold and Foggy Start to New Year
High pressure will bring a stable air mass to the area Tuesday through Thursday. Low temperatures will lower down into the 20s and low 30s for valleys west of the Cascades and will lower...
Head On Collision Closes Highway
On Saturday, December 29, 2018, just after 9:30 am, the Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 238 at Torrey Pines.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Subaru Forester, operated...
Single Vehicle Crash near Langlois takes Life
On Friday, December 28, 2018 at approximately 2:50 AM. Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle crash on Hwy 101 near Langlois.
Preliminary investigation reveals that a 2006 Chevrolet Aveo, operated...
Cold Wet Weather and Dangerous Beaches
More rain and higher elevation snows are expected to move across the Pacific Northwest beginning late Friday and into Saturday.
A new weather system will bring rain west of the Cascades and snow elsewhere across...
Driver Walks Away from Roll-Over Crash
Just after 8:00am Thursday morning, December 27th, a driver escaped serious injury after a rollover crash on Redwood Hwy. 199 at the base of Hayes Hill.
Rural Metro Fire personnel from the Wilderville Station arrived...
Large Tree Closes Hwy. 101 at Humbug Mountain
Just before 3:30pm Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported that a large tree had fallen across Hwy. 101 in the Humbug Mountain corridor.
The tree, approximately 6 feet in diameter, had fallen from...
OSP K9 Officer Keno Passes Away
It is with a heavy heart that the Oregon State Police have announced the passing of retired K-9 Officer Keno. Officer Keno started his career as an Oregon State Police Drug Detection K-9 in February...
Fire Destroys Truck
On Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25th, just before 10:00pm, the Illinois Valley Fire District responded to a pickup truck fire located near Cave Junction.
Although one person was sleeping in the vehicle at the time of...