Klamath County News

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Invoking the Conflagration Act, the Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilized its Red Incident Management Team, along with several task forces, to the Elk Fire in Klamath County, approximately eight miles north of Bonanza,…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The discovery of an illegal marijuana grow site on Canadian Honker Lane in Sprague River, Oregon, led Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) deputies to the property yesterday, where they found 234 marijuana plants…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Two Klamath Falls men were arrested after a night of crime in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The pair stole an ATM, which they dragged with a tow strap, but abandoned it before breaking into the Post office to…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) issued an alert yesterday warning of a recent surge in commercial burglaries, which they are currently investigating. In many of the Klamath County commercial burglaries,…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A Klamath County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Deputy,  Jacob Brandt, was arrested after reporting he had been kidnapped in the early morning hours of June 6. After determining that there were no kidnappers, Brandt was…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Responding to a report of a shooting in the 1700 block of Gary Street in Klamath Falls early Thursday morning, Klamath County Sheriff's Office deputies found 19-year-old Kane L. Harrell of Klamath Falls with gunshot…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Authorities are still attending to the clean-up after 3 BNSF train cars derailed in Klamath Falls at the Anderson and Altamont rail yard early yesterday morning. After the remote engine of a BNSF train derailed…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A 17-year-old boy was thrown over a bridge barrier into the Klamath River after a two-vehicle crash as he was checking for faults under the hood of one of the vehicles- a Honda CRV, on Saturday on Highway 140, near…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP) responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash on Highway 58 at the intersection with Crescent Lake Highway in Klamath County on Saturday at 12:23 a.m., after 47-year-old Terryl Thomas Ball of…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A driver tragically died in a two-vehicle crash near milepost 176 on Highway 97 in Klamath County on Monday, March 31, at 8:46 a.m. after losing control of their car and swerving across the highway. The Oregon…