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1 dead, 2 missing after group goes over waterfall in Oregon

1 dead, 2 missing after group goes over waterfall in Oregon

One person is dead and two more people are missing after a group of six was swept over a waterfall in Oregon on Saturday, officials said. The group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River west of Bend just before 3 p.m., which is when the 911 call came in, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. One …

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1 killed, 2 missing in Oregon waterfall accident

1 killed, 2 missing in Oregon waterfall accident

BEND, Ore. (AP) — One person was killed and rescuers continued searching on Sunday for two others after a group of people were swept over an Oregon waterfall, authorities said. The group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River about 10 miles from the city of Bend, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said. Three people …

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One person killed and two missing after going over Oregon waterfall

One person killed and two missing after going over Oregon waterfall

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Two people are still missing after six people were swept over the falls One person has died and two people remain missing after a group of six people were swept over a waterfall in Oregon on Saturday afternoon, a local sheriff office said. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said it rescued three people from the Deschutes …

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Cram fire in central Oregon is the largest wildfire burning in the country

Cram fire in central Oregon is the largest wildfire burning in the country

The Cram fire northwest of Madras in Jefferson and Wasco counties is the largest wildfire burning in the country, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Saturday morning, officials said the fire grew more than 1,000 acres and now covers 95,631 acres with 775 people, 102 fire engines and eight helicopters battling it. It has destroyed four residences and two …

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1 dead, 2 missing after being swept down Oregon waterfall

1 dead, 2 missing after being swept down Oregon waterfall

At least one person died after a group of six were swept over a waterfall in Oregon on Saturday afternoon, prompting a search and rescue mission that continues as two others remain missing, authorities said. The group went over Dillon Falls, which are rapids along the Deschutes River in central Oregon, near the city of Bend, according to the U.S. …

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Ice arrests Oregon chiropractor as he was dropping off child at preschool | US immigration

Ice arrests Oregon chiropractor as he was dropping off child at preschool | US immigration

An Oregon father was taken into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody while dropping off his child on 15 July at a preschool in the Portland-area town of Beaverton, the agency confirmed. The man, identified by Ice as 38-year-old Iranian citizen Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, was arrested outside Guidepost Montessori school after being stopped by agents en route. An Ice spokesperson …

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Georgia picks up critical 4-star linebacker over Oregon, Alabama and Michigan

Georgia picks up critical 4-star linebacker over Oregon, Alabama and Michigan

Georgia added a second linebacker prospect to its recruiting class on Wednesday, when four-star prospect Nick Abrams announced his commitment to the program. Abrams picked Georgia over finalists Oregon, Michigan and Alabama. He is the No. 296 overall player in the class and the No. 19-ranked linebacker per the 247Sports Composite rankings. “A big thing for me was the development …

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Intel layoffs: The latest in Oregon and around the globe

Intel layoffs: The latest in Oregon and around the globe

Here’s a recap of the latest news about Intel’s layoffs, including the bombshell numbers for Oregon that came out Friday night. New CEO Lip-Bu Tan is streamlining Intel’s operations and reducing spending in response to a sharp downturn in sales and technological setbacks that rendered Intel an also-ran in an industry it helped invent. Intel had been firing workers all …

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Intel now to lay off nearly 2,400 employees in Oregon

Intel now to lay off nearly 2,400 employees in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — In a revised letter to state and local officials on Thursday, tech giant Intel Corporation said it will be laying off 2,392 employees in Oregon. On Monday, Intel said it had planned to lay off 529 employees. In its revised WARN letter the company said the lay offs will begin Tuesday, July 15 and “are expected …

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