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Vehicle Accident Requires Jaws of Life
A 2-vehicle crash sent 3 people to the hospital with various injuries.
Units from Rural Metro Fire and American Medical Response arrived to find the roadway blocked. Firefighters, using the Jaws of Life removed the...
Drug Raid Seizes Over 21,000 Plants
According to a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, August 21, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit) served one search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation...
Vehicle Swallowed by Surf on Oregon Beach
On Wednesday, August 22, a van and small travel trailer became stuck in the surf near the Del Ray Beach access in Gearhart, Oregon according to a press release from the Clatsop County Sheriff's...
California Highway Patrol Seeks Help in Highway Death
In the early morning hours of Aug. 1, a deceased male was located in the roadway on northbound US-101, south of Humboldt Hill Rd. During the course of the investigation, the California Highway Patrol...
Brookings Wild River Pizza Closed TODAY after Mechanical Accident
The Brookings location of Wild River Pizza will be closed Thursday, August 23rd after suffering a "mechanical malfunction".
Just before 8:30 pm Wednesday night, a mechanical malfunction with a deep fryer severely injured at least...
Man Arrested After Exposing Himself to Young Girls
Following an incident on August 3rd when a man exposed himself to two juvenile females as they walked through Reinhardt Park in Grants Pass, 54-year-old John ODell was arrested.
After exposing himself to the young...
6.2 Quake Shakes Oregon Coast Early Wednesday
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Oregon just after 1:30 am early Wednesday morning.
The United States Geological Survey says the quake was centered 170 miles west of Coos Bay, at...
Body Found on Beach
On Friday, August 17, 2018, Newport Police were called to a reported suspicious death at the Agate Beach wayside in Newport. Responding officers located the body of 29-year-old Nikolaus Hinton of Newport.
An autopsy was...
Sex Offender Sting Results in 27 Arrests
The Josephine County Sheriff's Office partnered with 4 other agencies including the U.S. Marshals Office and the Oregon State Police to conduct a 'focused sex offender sweep' from August 14th, through the 16th.
Officials focused...
Motorcycle Strikes Deer
On Monday, August 21, just before 2:30 am, Oregon State Police Troopers from the Grants Pass Area Command and emergency personnel were dispatched to a crash involving a motorcycle on Hwy 260 just outside...