Oregon to Honor Fallen Officers in Annual Memorial Ceremony in Salem
Oregon’s law enforcement community will gather Tuesday afternoon in Salem for an annual ceremony that reflects both the weight of past loss and the absence of new tragedy in the year behind it. The 2026 Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. on May 5 at...
Record-hot afternoon expected today
We’ve arrived at what will be our warmest day of the year and a hot afternoon. The abnormally hot afternoon has led us to declare today a First Alert Weather Day. We still expect temperatures to touch right around 90°, which would be a new daily high temperature for the day. The current record is 89°, so if we don’t quite make it to...
FIRST ALERT: Record-warm highs expected Sunday
Record heat likely Sunday = First Alert Weather Day. We got plenty of warm sunshine Saturday afternoon in the Portland area, with highs climbing into the mid 70s. Kelso got to 80 degrees! A bit more cloud cover to our south kept Salem and Eugene in the 60s. There was...
New exhibit at Philomath Museum explores themes of shelter, survival
The Philomath Museum’s Moreland Gallery will open a new exhibit on Saturday featuring works from the Corvallis Art Guild that explore themes of shelter, safety and survival. “Refuge: Where Life Endures” runs May 2 through July 25 and marks the latest community showing from a guild that traces its roots back 80 years when local artists came together to make art in the aftermath...
Area Events: Plenty of stuff to do and see locally
Spring Art Show: Woodburn High School’s Spring Art Show & Sale will be Thursday, May 14, from 3:30 to 6;30 p.m. at the Woodburn Art Center, 2551 N. Boones Ferry Rd. The event offers free admission and refreshments. Brewfest Is Back: Brewfest returns to the Clackamas County Event Center...
Semi-truck rollover crash briefly closes highway SE of Salem
SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - A crashed semi-truck closed Aumsville Highway just southeast of Salem for multiple hours on Saturday afternoon, according to the Salem Police Department. Around noon, witnesses called emergency services about a semi-truck that had overturned on Aumsville Highway Southeast near Joseph Street Southeast. At 1 p.m., police...
Bomb squad checks out ‘suspicious’ backpack near Aurora State Airport; Roads briefly closed
AURORA Ore. (KPTV) - Officials closed roads near the Aurora State Airport in Marion County on Saturday morning while officers investigated a “suspicious backpack” found nearby, according to the sheriff’s office. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Arndt Road Northeast and Airport Road Northeast were closed...
Run Oregon Road Trip to The Inn at Dayton
At Run Oregon, we obviously love running — no surprise there. But we also love the Pacific Northwest and everything that makes this corner of the world such an incredible place to explore. Running is a big part of who we are, but it doesn’t define us entirely.
8 teens arrested after shooting at Joe Dancer Park in McMinnville
Eight teenagers have been arrested after a Tuesday afternoon shooting at a McMinnville park. On Aril 28 around 1:14 p.m., officers responded to reports about a fight involving multiple people at Joe Dancer Park, as well as a gunshot being heard. McMinnville deputies and officers, as well as the Yamhill...
Drug traffickers hid fentanyl, meth in children’s toys, cereal boxes, authorities say
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...
