Klamath County News

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…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Responding to a vehicle versus bicycle crash on Wednesday on Crater Lake Parkway (Highway 97 Business) at the intersection with Shasta Way in Klamath County, Oregon State Police (OSP) discovered a cyclist, 48-year-old…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A 58-year-old man selling fentanyl and methamphetamine from a hotel room near a school was arrested last Wednesday and is in the Klamath Falls Jail while investigations continue. Members of the Basin Inter-Agency…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The Klamath Falls Police Department Homicide Investigation into a shooting on Thursday night at 2328 Biehn Street in Klamath Falls in which Jai Jackson, 23, died, indicated that Jackson was shot in the chest after a…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A new scam has hit residents of Klamath County, according to the Sheriff’s Office. A Klamath Falls resident recently found a suspicious letter in their mailbox with a check for $9,900.74. The letter claimed the…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A Klamath County Grand Jury has found that deadly force used by the Klamath County Sheriff and three of his deputies when arresting Joseph Michael Tancredi was necessary and justified, ending an investigation into the…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — In a tragic turn of events, a 65-year-old Klamath Falls man drowned while attempting to rescue a struggling dog at the Miller Island Wildlife Refuge on Sunday. After an extensive search, authorities recovered his body…