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April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File) BEND, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains has killed two backcountry skiers, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff ...

(KOIN) — Officials have identified the two people who died in a Central Oregon avalanche ... and 57-year-old Terance Olar Skjersaa as the Bend couple found dead in the Happy Valley area.

Victoria West is playing in a new district ... and West captured an 11-2 District 22-5A opening win over Fort Bend Kempner on Tuesday night at Riverside Stadium. DeLeon struck out 12 and walked ...

BEND, Ore. — Two people are dead after an avalanche in central Oregon. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Unit recovered two bodies from the area, according to Sheriff Kent ...

That wasn’t enough for her to beat Bynum in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, which stretches from Bend to Portland and voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the two most recent ...

BEND, Ore. (KATU ... of the couple who lost their lives in the avalanche while enjoying the Central Oregon backcountry," Sheriff Kent van der Kamp said in a news release.

Former Oregon Ducks cornerback Christian Gonzalez is standing up for his former head coach following the end of his second season with the New England Patriots. During a recent appearance on the ...

Crandall and more than a dozen colleagues abruptly lost their jobs at the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District ... safety,” Bynum said during a call with Oregon reporters Tuesday.

Conversely, the crisis has worsened in parts of the Western U.S. Four states—Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington—reported year-over-year increases in opioid-related death rates. Alaska saw ...