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SALEM – The Pacific women's golf team had a record-setting weekend at the Willamette Valley Cup. After firing a 337 on Saturday, the Boxers shot a single-round program record of 312 on Sunday for a two-day total of 649 – the fifth best mark in school history. Pacific...

The award-winning novelist and essayist Carter Sickels will read from his work at Oregon State University – Cascades on May 14 as part of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing’s Distinguished Visiting Writer series. Sickels will present and read from his work at a public event at 6:30 p.m. in the Charles McGrath Family...

Talk about long meetings. After a four-hour public hearing about plans for a large church campus in rural North Albany, the Benton County Planning Commission postponed a decision until May 5. Northside Christian Church wants to build the campus at 4500 Powers Ave. NW. It would be built in two...

Town hall planned to discuss VA closure in McMinnville.

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Thanks to its annual Oktoberfest, the small town of Mt. Angel, Oregon, is hardly flying below the regional radar. But the Willamette Valley town of just 2,400 residents packs a pleasantly surprising year-round culinary punch. Sure, you can still track down a brat and a doppelbock in March, but do a little digging and...

Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson says her office has convened a grand jury to investigate Oregon State Hospital and will likely issue a report by the end of the year. Clarkson says she has grown increasingly concerned in recent years that the state’s flagship psychiatric hospital, which has its...

There’s something deeply satisfying about finding a place that delivers exactly what it promises without making you work too hard for it. The Corvallis Riverfront Trail in Corvallis, Oregon is that rare gem where the effort-to-reward ratio is so skewed in your favor that you’ll wonder if you’re somehow cheating at...

Dek: Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack will retire May 22 after more than five years leading the department, closing a tenure defined by strategic planning, body-worn camera deployment and ongoing staffing pressure. Decision Snapshot. FAQ’s. Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack will retire effective May 22, ending a...

NEWBERG, Ore. — Newberg-Dundee ranked fifth among Oregon’s safest cities in 2026, according to an annual report released by SafeWise, a national home security research organization. The combined community posted a violent crime rate of 1.22 per 1,000 residents and a property crime rate of 10.65 per 1,000 — figures...