Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) VERNONIA, Ore. (KGW) — First responders rescued a woman who drove off a road in rural Columbia County and hurtled down an embankment Friday night. With thick brush nearly burying the location of the woman’s pickup, ...

ST. HELENS, Ore. – Oregon State Police released the name of a trooper who was critically injured after a suspect rammed his patrol vehicle. On Friday, several OSP troopers were reportedly involved in an incident involving a fleeing suspect on ...

St. Helens, Ore. — Three suspects are being charged in a Columbia County Court with the murder of Apache Rose Hightower. Columbia County District Attorney Stephen Atchison told KGW that a grand jury has indicted Jesse Allen Lane, Stephanie Jeanne ...

Columbia County, Ore. – Three suspects are being charged in a Columbia County Court with the murder of Apache Rose Hightower. Columbia County District Attorney Stephen Atchison told KGW that a grand jury has indicted Jesse Allen Lane, Stephanie Jeanne ...

Wilsonville, Ore. – The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said Jesse Allen Lane, the person of interest in the Apache Hightower homicide investigation, is now in custody in Oregon. CCSO said deputies had been in Santa Barbara, California during the last ...

Santa Barbara, Calif. — Jesse Allen Lane, a person of interest in the death of Apache Rose Hightower, appeared in court Friday. Lane was arrested in Santa Barbara on Thursday. Friday’s hearing outlined extradition plans. According to the Columbia County ...

Columbia County, Ore. – Police say they have captured a person of interest in the murder of Apache Rose Hightower. NBC affiliate KGW reports 28-year-old Jesse Allen Lane was taken into custody on Thursday in Santa Barbara, California. His extradition ...

Portland, Ore. — 24-year-old Apache Hightower’s body was found last week off a rural road in Columbia County, Washington. Her former boyfriend, Jesse Lane, is wanted for questioning in the case. Hightower left her father’s house last Monday to go ...

Columbia County, Ore. – Police have named a person of interest in the murder of a woman who grew up in Medford. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said they’re looking for 28-year-old Jesse Allen Lane. He has been determined to ...

Columbia County, Ore. – A Portland woman with ties to Medford was found dead in rural Columbia County. The Columbia County Sheriff’s office said the body of 24-year-old Apache Rose Hightower was found Tuesday afternoon by a passerby in the ...

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