A Woodburn man died in a rafting accident on the Deschutes River near Maupin on Saturday afternoon, August 19; the eighth drowning on the Deschutes in the last 13 months. According to Sgt. Brian Helmer with the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, Jaime Garcie, 55, was rafting with a group of family and friend in the area of Oak Springs Rapids when he fell out of the raft into the river. Witnesses reported that he went ... [full story]

A Bend man was arrested early Sunday morning around 12:30 a.m. after Bend Police and Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a northeast Bend location with reports of shots fired. According to Lt. Ken Mannix of the Bend Police Department, 21-year-old Lance Ryan Siders was involved in a verbal dispute with several neighbors at 3220 NE Woodbury when he allegedly discharged a 9 mm handgun. No one was hit by the gunfire, although Cynthia ... [full story]

Almost 1,000 firefighters assigned to the newly-named “Cascade Crest Complex Wildland Fire” had their hands full Saturday as the new Puzzle Fire six miles east of Marion Forks and 12 miles north of the Lake George Fire sprang to life and quickly consumed almost 2,000 acres. Three central Oregon fires, Lake George, Black Crater, and the Puzzle Fire are now known as the Cascade Crest Complex Wildland Fire.  They are being managed by Pacific Northwest ... [full story]

A Bend man died at the scene of a single-car accident in southeast Bend on Saturday evening after his pickup left the road and rolled several times over an embankment, police said. According to Sgt. Dan Ritchie of the Bend Police Department, officers were called to the accident scene on SE 15th Street north of Knott Road shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, August 19. Officers discovered 23-year-old Adam Jordan had been ejected from his 1989 ... [full story]