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Fireworks Now on Sale in Oregon

There were 197 reported fireworks related fires in Oregon during 2013, resulting in one death.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - The Office of State Fire Marshal, Oregon fire service, Keep Oregon Green, natural resource agencies, Oregon fireworks wholesalers, and safety experts encourage Oregonians to "Keep it Legal and Keep it Safe" when using fireworks.

Oregon law bans possession, use, or sale of fireworks that fly, explode, or travel more than six feet on the ground or 12 inches into the air.

Police Searching for Missing Oregon State Hospital Patient

Shawn C. Hall was last seen at the Home Town Buffet on 82nd Avenue in Portland at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Monday.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - The Oregon State Police is asking for the public's help in locating a 37-year-old psychiatric patient from Oregon State Hospital in Salem.

OSP spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings says the patient, Shawn C. Hall, is not considered to be a danger to himself or others. He went missing on Monday.

Blood Donors Sought in Oregon to Help Offset Summer Shortage

Those who present to donate at a Red Cross center on July 4 also will receive a whole apple pie, while supplies last.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - The American Red Cross is asking blood and platelet donors to help prevent a summer shortage by making an appointment to roll up a sleeve around the Independence Day holiday.

Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Salem Wildfire

Video by Salem-News.com's Jerry Freeman.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Firefighters from Marion County Fire District No.1 along with crews from the Salem Fire Department and Aumsville Fire Department worked quickly to extinguish a wildfire Sunday afternoon in Salem.

Be Aware! I-5 Work in Portland Could Cause Delays

Nighttime double lane closures on I-5 Sunday - Thursday.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - ODOT crews will repair ruts in the pavement Interstate 5 in Southwest Portland at night starting Sunday through Wednesday, June 25 from 9:00 p.m. each night to 5:00 a.m. the following morning.

This work requires closing the right and center lanes of I-5.

Former POW Bowe Bergdahl Now in Outpatient Care

Bergdahl's next phase of recovery will be treatment tailored for soldiers who have spent time in captivity.

(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released last month, has been discharged from a military hospital in Texas and will continue treatment as an outpatient, the Army said Sunday.

Bergdahl was transferred from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, to the nearby Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, said Army spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Carol McClelland.

Semi Carrying Seafood Waste Crashes in Oregon Coast Range

Highway 26 is now open in both directions.

(BANKS, Ore. ) - Oregon State Police are continuing to investigate a early Sunday morning crash in the Oregon Coast Range.

Police say at around 6:30 a.m., a commercial truck carrying 40,000 pounds of compressed seafood waste was traveling eastbound on Highway 26 near milepost 35 when it went off the right shoulder and crashed into bordering trees.

Police Use GPS Tracking to Locate Missing Semi Truck

There have been no arrests in this case and the incident is still under investigation.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office and the Portland Police Bureau investigated the theft and recovery of a stolen semi tractor trailer, stolen during a burglary from ABC Supply, at 1835 N.E. Columbia Blvd. in Portland.

Search For Well Known Writer has Deadly Ending

Karen Sykes planned on writing about the hike for Visit Rainier, a tourism website to which she contributed.

(SEATTLE, Wash. ) - The three-day search for a well-known outdoors writer who went missing while hiking on Mount Rainier took a grim turn Saturday, when a body was discovered in rough terrain off the trail where she was last seen.

The body has not been officially identified to be that of 70-year-old Karen Sykes, an author who penned the “Hike of the Week” column for the former Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

One Dead, Five Rescued After Boat Capsizes on Columbia River

The crew of the Teresa D reported rescuing five people from the water, but that a sixth person was still missing.

(WARRENTON, Ore.) - A Good Samaritan and Coast Guard crews rescue five people and recover one person from a capsized boat on the Columbia River Bar, Friday.

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watch standers received a call, at 9:19 a.m., from the crew of the 27-foot vessel Teresa D, stating that they had witnessed a 25-foot aluminum guide boat capsize on the Columbia River Bar with people in the water and that they were trying to rescue survivors.