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Sweet Home fire and medic personnel respond to motorcycle crash, multiple rescues
SWEET HOME, Ore. – Multiple incidents kept Sweet Home emergency crews plenty busy on Sunday, with firefighters and medics responding a motorcycle crash and two rescue operations, according to the Sweet Home Fire District. District officials said that a medic unit responded at about 12:43 p.m. on July 15...
Albany woman killed in two-vehicle, head-on Linn County crash
CORVALLIS, Ore.—A two-vehicle crash on Highway 34 east of Corvallis on Wednesday killed one driver and seriously injured another on Monday morning, according to the Oregon State Police. OSP officials said they responded shortly before noon on July 15 to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 34 near milepost 4...
Linn County deputies looking for missing Tangent twins
TANGENT, Ore. – Linn County deputies are asking the public for information on the whereabouts of two 14-year-old girls who went missing from Tangent earlier in July. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said deputies are trying to find Emma and Mary Parmele, 14-year-old twin sisters who deputies said went missing in the week of July 8. Deputies said the Parmele sisters ran away from their home in Tangent, and their whereabouts are still unknown. LCSO deputies said it is possible they are in the Eugene area.
Linn County Young Women’s Fire Academy gives teens a chance to explore firefighting skills
LEBANON, Ore. – Lebanon Fire District officials said that their sixth annual edition of the Linn County Young Women’s Fire Academy this past weekend gave young women age 14 to 19 an opportunity to explore careers in firefighting with practical hands-on experience. A team of 26 women firefighters...
Man Who Stole Rescue Truck Ordered to Pay Restitution to Vancouver (WA) FD
Albany Democrat-Herald, Ore. Jul. 14—A man who stole a fire department rescue truck in Vancouver earlier this year and abandoned it in Albany was sentenced to time in prison. Alex Joseph Doupe, 33, was arrested in January by Linn County Sheriff’s deputies after an Albany family woke up to...
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