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Vehicle Strikes 11 Elk

Early Thursday morning, January 4th at approximately 4:30 am, the Oregon State Police and Washington County Sheriff's office responded to a crash on Highway 26 in Washington County. The initial report was that a...

Up to $200,000 in Scholarship Awards Available

Applications for 2018-19 scholarships from the Brookings-Harbor Scholarship Foundation are now available at www.bhsfinfo.org. This includes both the competitive scholarships and the automatic GEAR-UP awards for those graduating from BHHS in the Classes of 2014-19. Approximately...

Armed Robbery Update

  Since the Wild Coast Compass reported the December 29th armed robbery at the Columbia Bank branch in Waldport, Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputies and Detectives have been investigating all leads, canvassing the area for evidence...

Wave Sweeps Man Out to Sea – Update 01/05/18

On Wednesday, January 3, at approximately 10:35 AM, Oregon State Troopers from the Gold Beach Worksite and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a report of a male subject who had been swept off...

Firefighters Assist in Rescue of Predatory Bird

On Saturday evening, December 30th, Medford Fire Department received a call from the Badger Run Rehab animal rescue group saying that a hawk, called the Cooper Hawk, was trapped in a chicken-wire fenced in...

Coast Guard Rescues Injured Hiker

On Tuesday afternoon December 2nd, at approximately 4:00 pm, Depoe Bay Firefighters were called to a location just South of Depoe Bay in an area known as Big Whale Cove. The initial call was for...

Jackson County Sheriff Trying to Locate Woman

Jackson County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue (SAR) officials are trying to locate a person who made a report of suspicious circumstances on New Year's Eve. On the afternoon of December 31, 2017, SAR...

Pedestrian Struck While Crossing Street

Early Tuesday morning, January 2, Medford Police officers responded to an auto vs. pedestrian-motor vehicle crash in the 500 Block of South Central Avenue. Officers arrived within minutes of the accident and determined Richard...

Woman Standing in Middle of Road Struck

Deputies are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Saturday morning. On December 30, 2017, at 5:39 a.m., deputies responded to the 3-mile marker of Meadows Road for a report of a motor vehicle...

Record Breaking Success for Festival of Lights

This year's presentation of the Festival of Lights has been a record-breaking success. With a number of new exhibits and special guest appearances, from opening night when organizers announced "opening night at Nature's Coastal...