Heavy snow and ice lead to closures, multiple accidents
Sherman EMS Director Dana Pursley Haner, right, helps one of the county ambulances chain up Saturday night during the ice storm.
Northcentral Oregon's main thoroughfare closed twice last weekend due to heavy snow and ice accumulation, the first time this major highway has seen a prolonged closure in decades.
Oregon Department of Transportation officials, with input from local EMS and sheriff's agencies, made the decision to shut down traffic on Highway 97 from Biggs to Madras on Saturday, Jan. 20, at about 10 p.m. The highw...
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