Klamath Falls News

Associated Press A November 19, 2009 A KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- A Klamath Falls police officer has been hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle while responding to an armed robbery call.

Sky Lakes Medical Center is an independent, locally owned hospital, but even its top executive is unsure if it can stay that way.

By Erin Maxson A November 11, 2009 A KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Klamath County schools are split into two districts.

ROTC is back at Southern Oregon University - and it's bringing a lot of money with it.

Oregon State Police troopers from the Klamath Falls Area Command office are continuing the investigation into Thursday afternoon's two-vehicle fatal traffic crash on Highway 97 about 32 miles north of Klamath Falls.

The driver of this sedan, 38-year-old Katrin Mosby of Ashland, died at the scene.

Hattie Yeager says it's like something out of an Animal Planet TV show--her cattle dog Misty is safe at home, 18 months after the cattle dog ran away.

Smoke from burn piles, chimneys and now a controlled burn visible from most of the valley burning on a hill west of Phoenix is sending air quality in the Rogue Valley into "moderate" and "unsafe for sensitive groups" categories.

The return of Kingsley Field employees who were temporarily transferred to Idaho this summer comes with economic benefits for Klamath Falls.

Klamath Falls police say a stolen Mercedes SUV was found in the water at the Miller Island Wildlife Refuge.

Richard and Michelle Phillips go without lunch or dinner several times a week to make sure their children have enough to eat.

A 20-year old Klamath Falls resident was arrested early Friday morning after allegedly driving her car into a telephone pole while texting on her phone and being under the influence of intoxicants.

A Klamath Falls man has been sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for violating probation just two weeks after pleading guilty to selling meth near an elementary school.

Texting and drunk driving. Talk about a double whammy. Oregon State Police say a Klamath Falls woman drove a pickup into a telephone pole while texting on her phone and being under the influence of intoxicants early Friday morning.

By Ron Brown & Associated Press A November 3, 2009 A KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- The173rd Fighter Wing of the Oregon National Guard is returning to its Klamath Falls home base after the spending the summer in Boise.

Twenty-two planes and 200 crew members from the 173rd Fighter Wing had been at Gowen Field while their home base's runways in Klamath Falls were fixed.

The Oregon Military Department says the state's 173rd Fighter Wing is returning to its Klamath Falls home base after the spending the summer in Boise.

Jeld-Wen Inc. says it has cut 27 jobs at a pair of the resorts it operates in Central Oregon.

The Klamath County Health Department urges everyone in the greater Klamath Falls area to call its air quality advisory number before burning wood.

Nearly $40 million in stimulus spending is scheduled for geothermal projects in southern Oregon.