Lane County car crash leaves 91-year-old woman dead

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A wildland firefighter assigned to the Big Swamp Fire near Oakridge has passed away from injuries he sustained after being struck by a tree. On Wednesday, shortly after 12:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to a report that a firefighter was critically injured after being hit by a tree in the Willamette National Forest. Despite lifesaving efforts by emergency personnel, the firefighter died from his injuries.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A teenager died Monday following a crash on Highway 138W in Douglas County, according to Oregon State Police. The crash happened at about 2:30 p.m. near milepost 17A. OSP said an investigation revealed that a Honda Civic was eastbound when it failed to negotiate a curve. The car left the roadway and crashed into a tree.

MARION COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - A murder in rural Marion County nearly a year ago leaves a family still searching for answers. On Aug. 13, 2021, 26-year-old Travis Juetten and his wife were both brutally stabbed in their home in the middle of the night. Deputies responded to the scene at about 3:00 a.m. that day in the area of Howell Prairie Road and Hazelgreen Road near Silverton.

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) – A 17-year-old male has been charged with attempted murder after a Salem shooting injured two. Officers with the Salem Police Department responded to an apartment building in the 3300 block of D Street NE just after midnight Monday. Arriving officers found a 24-year-old woman and...

WALDO WILDERNESS AREA Ore. (KPTV) - Several roads and campsites in and around the Waldo Lake Wilderness area are restricted or closed due to a nearby wildfire that has scorched over 3,500 acres. On Tuesday, the fire was reported to be 3,536 acres and 0% contained. There were 445 fire...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Court of Appeals says Governor Kate Brown had the legal authority to grant clemency to nearly a thousand people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling came down Wednesday. District attorneys in Linn and Lane counties, as well as family members of crime victims, sued...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) – The Salem-Keizer School Board has voted in favor of a new policy banning all guns, including those with concealed carry permits, from their campuses. The vote took place Tuesday night and passed in a 4 to 3 vote. In 2021, Oregon lawmakers passed Senate Bill...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - The Salem-Keizer school board will decide Tuesday whether to enact a new policy that bans all guns on school property, including concealed handguns. The school board first considered the proposed policy in their meeting on July 12, and now board members are ready to vote and their leadership is recommending they approve it.

CORVALLIS Ore. (KPTV) – Seven months since 200 lbs. of explosives took down half of Reser Stadium, FOX 12 is getting a look inside the $161 million project. Reser Stadium began their new look in January. Months later, the west side is coming into frame including a new visitors locker room, new seating, a new press box and a brand new concourse they’re calling “Beaver Street.”

EVANSTON, Ill. (KPTV) - University of Oregon President Michael H. Schill has accepted a new job as the president of Northwestern University, the college outside of Chicago announced on Thursday. Schill has been the leader of UO since 2015 and previously served as the dean and Harry N. Wyatt Professor...