search and rescue

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – An injured hiker was rescued from Grayback Mountain. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday, January 18, a man and a woman were hiking about a mile from Grayback Cabin when the 42-year-old woman got injured and …

Update (12/28/20 10:15 a.m.) – The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Dystanie Lynn Rome-Elliott was found safe Sunday evening and she’s now home with her family. Original story: PROSPECT, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team is searching …

MEDFORD, Ore. — “Really that’s what caught us was a big wind burst and it just pushed the car over the side of the road and we just got taken off the edge pretty much in waist-deep snow,” said Alex Smith, an Ashland …

WHITE CITY, Ore. — Being unprepared for the region’s highest peaks can have life threatening consequences. Every year, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says they rescue hikers on Mount McLoughlin,varying from roughly a half a dozen rescue missions to as much as …

MEDFORD, Ore. — Jackson County Search and Rescue is calling a couple “very lucky” after they were rescued near Mount Ashland early Monday morning. SAR says the couple and their two dogs went up on Tolman Creek Road on Sunday afternoon in …

ASHLAND, Ore. — Late November is a popular time for families to go on the hunt for a Christmas tree. But with the weather getting colder, law enforcement wants to make sure you do it safely. The lack of cell service and …

BROOKINGS, Ore. — More than a dozen search and rescue missions were carried out this year on the Oregon Coast. The bodies of four people were recovered, and about a dozen more lives were saved by local rescue agencies. The Curry County …

BUTTE FALLS, Ore. —  The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a missing Butte Falls woman with dementia.  Geraldine “Gerry” Hendricks, 80, was reported missing from her home Saturday evening. Dispatch received a call from Hendricks’ family in the 4400-block of Obenchain …

CURRY COUNTY, Ore. – A stranded hiker and her dog were rescued from a seaside cliff along the Oregon Coast Monday. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office said on the afternoon of September 30, a 40-year-old woman was hiking with her dog when …

CURRY COUNTY, Ore. – A missing child is now home safe thanks in part to Curry County deputies and a Brookings Police K9. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday night, a woman was camping with her husband and children in …