A fun family outing turned deadly on the Deschutes River in Bend when a family drifted into treacherous waters. Young-Sook Kuga, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene after she was trapped in the rapids of the dam at the Colorado Avenue Bridge. On Sunday, July 9, the family of 10 was traveling in two rafts and two inner tubes.  Lacey Fertello, 21, was rafting with two friends just behind the group, she says the ... [full story]

MCMINNVILLE - The Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved $127,079 in funding for eight Fish Restoration and Enhancement projects benefiting fish and angling throughout Oregon . Created by the Oregon legislature in 1989, the R&E program funds projects that restore or enhance fisheries and habitat, educate the public, support fish stocking or research efforts to improve or sustain fisheries. Its seven-member citizen board reviews project proposals and makes funding recommendations to the state Fish and ... [full story]

Wasco County Sheriff’s Office located the missing body of rafter, Danielle Hagler Sunday, July 9 using an underwater camera.  The body of the 17-year-old, who was thrown from her raft with three others on July 6, was lodged against a large boulder in the river.  It was being held there as a result of the extreme water pressure.  “High water and turbulence in the rapids have created hazardous conditions which are hampering recovery efforts,” Wasco ... [full story]