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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Eight people are facing charges for their alleged role in a drug trafficking ring, in which members in Oregon hid fentanyl and methamphetamine in cereal boxes and children’s toys, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Thursday. The eight people...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - A man wrongfully convicted of murder is celebrating after he became the third person to ever receive a certificate of innocence from the state of Oregon. In the 80s, Santiago Ventura Morales was wrongfully convicted of a murder in Sandy, Ore. While that conviction was overturned...

An early Wednesday crash on Highway 214 near Silver Falls left an 18-year-old Salem driver dead after the Subaru WRX he was in veered off the road, slammed into a tree, rolled down an embankment and burst into flames. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 24-year-old passenger was airlifted to a nearby hospital with serious injuries...

The Venetian theater is a downtown Albany landmark that I pass almost every day without paying it any attention. Then, last week, I looked up its history. The theater opened as a vaudeville house in the fall of 1913. It was owned by Conrad Meyer of Albany and leased by the Bligh Amusement Company of Salem, where T.G. Bligh also had a theater.

Most people collect stamps or vintage records, but Oregon decided to preserve thousands of human brains in jars because apparently, we’re just built different here. The OSH Museum of Mental Health in Salem isn’t your typical Sunday afternoon outing, unless your typical Sunday involves contemplating the evolution of psychiatric treatment while staring at medical equipment that looks like it belongs in a horror film...

How many homes are getting built in Albany, Oregon in 2026?. Homebuilding plays a critical role in maintaining a steady housing supply and keeping prices at sustainable levels. As the U.S. population grows, more housing is needed to meet demand. Since the Great Recession, construction has lagged well behind what is needed, which is one of the main reasons home prices are so high...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The National Weather Service office in Portland has issued a heat advisory from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM Sunday for the Portland / Vancouver metro area, extending north through Longview / Kelso. Temperatures are expected to be as high as 85-90 degrees on Sunday, which...

A man died and a passenger was hospitalized after an early morning crash in Marion County -- leading the car the catch fire, authorities announced.

ar crash in Clackamas County resulted in one fatality and seven injuries after a Kia Telluride failed to stop at a stoplight and collided with a Chevrolet Silverado.

After a local sheriff’s office presided over immigration agents’ arrest of a man inside a Marion County courthouse without a judicial warrant, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield jumped into action.  The Oregon Department of Justice announced an inquiry into the incident to determine whether the incident warranted “legal action.” It […]