BROOKINGS, Ore. — A Brookings man and his dog are safe after being rescued from a river. Curry County Sheriff’s office received a call about a man stranded in the middle of the south fork of the Chetco River near ...
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Ore. – Firefighters helped to rescue a 14 year old on the Klamath river, Wednesday morning. According to Cal fire, it happened near the R-Ranch Lodge. It was a multi-agency water rescue by the Hornbrook Fire Protection District, ...
Author: KGW Staff COOS BAY, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from the ocean Monday morning after their 17-foot fishing boat sunk near Cape Arago, about 15 miles southwest of Coos Bay, on the Oregon coast, the ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Dwen Laughlin said she goes to the Applegate River all the time with her sons. But this past Saturday, she found herself in a situation she never thought she’d be in. “I’m a really strong swimmer ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Rural Metro Fire held a water rescue training event Friday on the Rogue River. The first responder training comes exactly one week after a woman is thought to have drowned at Indian Mary County Park. The ...
GALICE, Ore. – A camper and her dog are missing and thought to have drowned, after an incident at Indian Mary County Park on Friday. Rural Metro Fire said the incident happened at the park’s boat ramp into the Rogue ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – A married couple in their 60s survived after their canoe capsized on Fish Lake, south of Mt. McLoughlin. Just after noon on October 25, a husband and wife were fishing on the lake when their canoe ...
Merlin, Ore. – A man who reportedly fell out of a boat on the Rogue River near Indian Mary Park was found safe. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said they received a 911 call on Sunday, September 24 at 5:25 ...
Marion County, Ore. – Four strangers helped rescue a 4-year-old boy who was swept away in the Santiam River. The Marion County Sherriff’s Office said on Sunday afternoon, the boy was standing on the water’s edge with his father and ...
Wilderville, Ore. – A young man experienced a “close call” while swimming across the Applegate River Monday, according to firefighters. Rural Metro Fire said the swimmer successfully crossed the river once, but was unable to move after he arrived on ...