From Shop Floor to Virtual World: Training the Next Generation of Techs
Alex Crays wants it to be spring. The collision program he co-directs with Andrei Cojuhari bought a $45,000 John Bean ADAS calibration system last summer, and he’s ready to start teaching it. “We didn’t have time last year,” Crays said. After training in December, “we’re about to teach it...
Snow may stick above 500 feet as showers roll into Willamette Valley over next...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The threat of low elevation snow remains for the next 24 hours, mainly above 500 feet. An area of low pressure will move south along the Oregon Coast, sending precipitation into the Coast Range and Willamette Valley. At the same time, temperatures will be falling to just above freezing for the...
Heath Stadium Grandstands Demolition
Demolition is now about a week underway for the renovation of the grandstands at Lebanon High school’s Heath Stadium and will remain closed until March 1.
Salem city manager takes on critical leadership team audit
After a critical audit of the city's leadership team found a lack of communication and overworked, understaffed departments, Salem City Manager Krishna Namburi says she wants the city to stay accountable and work smarter to address key inefficiencies. A draft of the audit was released in December 2024, and the final...
Real estate pros cautiously optimistic for Salem office market
With a vacancy rate of about 4.5 percent and businesses and tenants still adjusting to post-COVID workspace needs and uncertain economic conditions, Salem-area experts are cautiously optimistic about the city’s commercial office market. Curt Arthur, a Capacity Commercial Group principal, said at the company’s annual...
Explosion at Aerospace Supplier Triggers Hazmat Emergency, Injures Worker
Kittyhawk, which provides hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services for aerospace and defense manufacturers, suffered an explosion earlier this month at its facility in Canby, Oregon, The Oregonian reported. The 27,000-square-foot site opened in 2019 and operates several high-capacity HIP vessels. Portland television...
Crews rescue person trapped in car after crash near Newberg
NEWBERG Ore. (KPTV) - Crews were able to rescue a person who was trapped in their car following a crash on Tuesday night, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R). At about 5:45 p.m., fire crews were called to the scene of a two-car crash in the area of Northeast North Valley Road and Ribbon Ridge Road,...
Backwoods Nightmare, Dallas Man Accused In Brutal Siuslaw Forest Camp Attack
A weekend trip in the Siuslaw National Forest turned violent when a 47-year-old Dallas man allegedly held and assaulted a victim at a remote campsite, including strangulation, beatings with a tree limb, and having a firearm discharged at them. The victim managed a desperate escape and required a hospital visit for...
TVFR crews battle early-morning commercial fire at Pride Disposal in Sherwood
SHERWOOD, Ore. (KATU) — Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue responded to a commercial fire early Wednesday morning. Officials say firefighters were dispatched to Pride Disposal just after 2:30 a.m. “Crews have contained the garbage fire to a large metal building on the property, and the fire is...
Officials investigating how Lookout obtained report on Oregon State Hospital
State officials are investigating the disclosure to Lookout Eugene-Springfield of an Oregon State Hospital analysis into the death of a 25-year-old patient at the Salem facility March 18, 2025. That document, called a “root cause analysis,” offered insights into the care and death of Kenneth Hass, who was homeless...
