The Latest Breaking News from Oregon State Police

Oregon woman found after vanishing when she ditched her stranded car for a ride with a stranger

Oregon police provided no details about the woman’s disappearance when they announced Friday that she had been found safe

The Independent UK · Apr 3

Oregon on edge after a woman runs out of gas and then disappears when someone stops to help her

Something's not "adding up."

We Got This Covered · Apr 3

The remains of ‘Swamp Mountain Jane Doe’ were found in 1976. She’s finally been identified

Oregon authorities say DNA has helped identify a woman's remains after 49 years

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025

Victims of deadly Oregon highway crash were farmworkers, union says

An Oregon union says the victims of one of the state's deadliest highway crashes were farmworkers traveling in a van at an hour when agricultural laborers typically commute home after toiling in the harvest

The Independent UK · May 20, 2023

Oregon Interstate 5 crash: Seven dead after two trucks and van 'sandwich' together

Bodies of the victims could be seen in a field alongside the Interstate 5 in Oregon, on the US Pacific north-west. It is one of the state's deadliest crashes in recent memory

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2023

7 dead in vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon

Oregon State Police say seven people are dead and others were hurt in a crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle on Interstate 5 near Albany

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

An Oregon man threw money from his car, littering a highway with $100 bills

The Oregon State Police said no criminal charges were being considered against Colin Davis McCarthy, 38, of Eugene.

WEKU · Apr 16, 2023

Oregon trooper finds driver held at gunpoint; suspect dead

Police say a man is dead after exchanging gunfire with an Oregon State Police trooper on Interstate 5 in Salem

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Wife of man killed by Oregon police gets apology, settlement

A lawsuit over the death of a man who was killed by Oregon State Police outside his home in southern Oregon in 2015 has been settled for $1.6 million after a lengthy legal odyssey

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Kidnapper leaves bloody trail in Oregon, hides under house

Police converged in force on the tiny, unincorporated community of Wolf Creek in southwest Oregon the night of Jan. 26 as they hunted for a suspect who was wanted for kidnapping and torturing a woman nearly to death

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023