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URGENT Update: Weekend Storm…Heavy Rain…1/2″ per hour Possible
A frontal system is forecast to stall over the region today through Sunday. Due to the long duration of rainfall, a flood watch has been issued from 4 PM Friday through 4 AM Sunday.
Periods...
Giant Swell Generated by Deep Low Pressure with Breakers over 30 ft.
According to a Wednesday morning press release from the National Weather Service, a giant swell generated by deep low pressure well offshore is incoming to our beaches beginning late tonight, peaking midday Thursday, then...
3 Die When Crabbing Boat Capsizes in Newport
On January 8, just before before 10:00pm, the US Coast Guard was notified of a boat needing assistance crossing the Yaquina Bay bar due to high seas.
The commercial fishing boat Mary B II that...
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...
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...