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A highway pileup involving 100 vehicles, including big rigs, grinded an Oregon highway to a destructive halt during a nasty whiteout snowstorm Thursday, according to authorities.
Eastbound traffic lanes are still open. “Road conditions on I-84 in the affected areas are considered slick, but passable,” the Oregon Department of Transportation said in a statement.
The Oregon State Police began operating on August 1, 1931. The organization was designed by a committee appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier, [5] who made a survey of some of the most successful state law enforcement agencies across North America, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the New Jersey State Police, the Texas Rangers, the Pennsylvania State Police, and others.
An Oregon State Police trooper was justified in using lethal force in the shooting of a 42-year-old man during a traffic stop in Eugene on June 11, the Lane County district attorney announced ...
The "Terwilliger curves" is the name given to a 1.7-mile (2.7 km), six-lane section of Interstate 5 (I-5) in Portland, Oregon, known as one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the state. Named for its physical characteristics and proximity to Terwilliger Boulevard , it first opened in 1961 and soon became known for its high crash rate.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Oregon.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 174 law enforcement agencies employing 6,695 sworn police officers, about 177 for each 100,000 residents.
The state highway system consists of about 8,000 miles (13,000 km) of state highways, that is, roadways owned and maintained by ODOT.When minor connections and frontage roads are removed, that number drops to approximately 7,400 miles (11,900 km) or around 9% of the total road mileage in the state.
The Oregon Department of Transportation is asking drivers to continue to drive with caution and expect winter conditions. Interstate 84 open in Oregon after multiple crashes, icy conditions Skip ...