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In a weight class that included two reigning state champions, it was Newberg’s Paisley Conway who walked away Saturday looking like the best 115-pound wrestler in the state. At the Lady Dragon Invite at Dallas High School, Conway stunned reigning Class 6A/5A 110-pound state champion Marlina Martinez of McNary in the...

SALEM, Ore. — Residents in a limited area of South Salem are advised to boil their water before using it following a power outage that caused a temporary loss of water pressure at a pump station on Saturday night, according to the city of Salem. A Portland General Electric...

People who visited two hospitals in Linn County during specific times this week may have been exposed to measles, a highly infectious virus that spreads through the air and in rare cases can be fatal, Oregon officials said Saturday. The two people with Oregon’s first confirmed measles cases in 2026...

A Molalla man died Thursday, Jan. 8, in a single-vehicle crash on I-205, near milepost 15, in Clackamas County. The preliminary investigation by the Oregon State Police said that at about 12:46 p.m., on Jan. 8, a northbound Ford Aspire, operated by Jack Jay Lewis, age 64, of Molalla, left the roadway for unknown...

Salem City Council will vote Jan. 12 on whether to add four full-time ambulance medic positions to adjust to the city's higher-than-expected number of emergency calls at a cost of more than $640,000. Since taking over ambulance service from private provider Falck Northwest on July 1, 2025, the Salem Fire Department...

The Philomath High School swim teams turned in solid performances at the District Sprint Meet Saturday at Albany Community Pool with the boys claiming first place and the girls finishing third in their respective team standings. The Philomath boys totaled 279 points to edge second-place Stayton (273.5) in a closely...

Philomath High freshman Makinzey Harrington earned a sixth-place medal Saturday at the Lady Dragon Invitational in Dallas, a tournament that featured wrestlers from 52 schools. Harrington, competing at 130 pounds, won her first two matches by pin by defeating Eagle Point’s Malia Mahavong and McNary’s Teagan McCarthy....

At approximately 7:00 pm on January 10, 2026, a Portland General Electric (PGE) power outage in the S4 water pressure zone in South Salem caused a temporary loss of water pressure when a safety device at the Davis Road Water Pump Station shut down the pumps. Potentially harmful bacteria could be present in the water...

Benton County Public Works will temporarily close a section of Cardwell Hill Drive on Monday, Jan. 13, to conduct cleanup and road maintenance work, officials said. The closure will affect the 0.8-mile stretch between the west gate and the slide repair construction zone. All pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Corvallis, OR – Drivers in Benton County should prepare for a full closure of Cardwell Hill Drive on Monday, January 12, 2026, as county crews complete cleanup and road repair work. The closure is expected...