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Medford, Oregon · MedfordThe ongoing cleanup of a fuel tanker spill along Highway 38, about six miles west of Drain, will slow traffic for at least a week. People traveling to and from the coast are advised to use alternate routes, especially over the weekend.A tanker carrying gasoline and diesel crashed near milepost 45 shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday. DEQ is leading the cleanup and estimates that 1,247 gallons of diesel and 771 gallons of gasoline spilled in the crash.…See the Story
Tanker Spill Cleanup Continues to Impact OR38 Traffic
Water · MedfordThe Medford Police Department will be handing out free popsicles and water to kids and adults during their Popsicle Patrols. The patrols will take place on the following dates: Saturday, June 24, July 15, August 5 and September 16. The popsicle and waters will be handed out while supplies last.See the Story
Medford Police Set Dates for Popular “Popsicle Patrols”
Medford, Oregon · MedfordMISSING PERSON CASE: 23-14241 NAME: Berna Leahy SEX: Female AGE: 80 HEIGHT: 5’8″ WEIGHT: 165 HAIR: White EYES: Hazel INFORMATION: Berna was last seen on June 6, 2023 around 3:30pm in the 800 block of Shan Creek, Josephine County. She was wearing blue pants, blue striped shirt, grey sneakers and black socks. She was on foot and her direction of travel is unknown. Please contact the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office with any information and refer…See the Story
Authorities Searching for Missing Elderly JoCo Woman
North America · John DayNyssa officer Joseph Johnson, 43, died Saturday night after a man he had pursued in a car shot at him. The man fled and Johnson was dead when sheriff's officers and medical workers arrived. Johnson had been responding to reports the man was making threats and damaging property.See the Story
Oregon man suspected of fatally shooting police officer in Malheur County arrested
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Business · SeattleThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections in at least half a dozen states that may have come from raw cookie dough sold at Papa Murphy’s.
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Papa Murphy’s cookie dough linked to Oregon Salmonella outbreak
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Police investigation underway near school in Waltham
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Crime · PortlandThe driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon, killing 7 people in one of the state's deadliest crashes in recent years, was arrested Friday on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI and other charges, police said.See the Story
Truck driver in Oregon crash that killed 7 arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter, other charges
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Niagara Falls, Ontario · Niagara FallsA 41-year-old man suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a vehicle in what police said was a hit-and-run crash in Hudson on Thursday. Jacob Velasquez, 33, of Hudson, was arrested and charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, a Class B felony.See the Story
Pedestrian suffers serious injuries in hit-and-run crash in Hudson, N.H.
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