Salem OR

School board votes to remove the interim status from his contract. The maintenance staff of the Newberg-Dundee school district will soon face a small challenge: removing the word “interim” from the door of Dave Parker’s office at district headquarters. That’s because the district’s board of directors voted...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - Marion County deputies are searching for an 84-year-old woman who was last seen in southeast Salem on Friday afternoon. The sheriff’s office says Judith Anne Giggy was last seen at 1 p.m. leaving a home on Bayonne Drive SE near Durbin Avenue SE in a red 2015 Toyota Yaris.

The new school year means that once again some kids are walking or biking through neighborhoods and on busy streets to get to class. Safe Routes to School is a nationwide, federally funded initiative that works to educate and encourage students to bike and walk to school safely. There are Safe Routes to School...

A different kind of watery plant has covered almost all of Albany’s Waverly Lake with a greenish carpet of muck. But this is expected to be temporary, likely to disappear when it starts raining. The unsightly condition of the lake attracted attention on social media, where someone said it...

If someone had told then-Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield two years ago that any attorney general had filed 37 lawsuits against the federal government, he would have assumed that attorney general was “bonkers.”. But Rayfield, now eight months into his term as attorney general, has filed 37 lawsuits against...

The former chief financial officer of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for stealing over $211,000 from the agency’s employee health benefit trust account, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The former executive, Pamela J. Kahut, 68, of...

The highly anticipated Woodburn Burgerville will soon be open for business. The Oregon fast food favorite has announced that the restaurant will open its doors at 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22. The new Woodburn Burgerville is located at 105 N. Arney Road #160 near Interstate 5 and the Woodburn Premium...

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Corvallis, OR – Residents across Benton County are being warned today about a phone scam involving callers impersonating sheriff’s deputies. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), scammers are spoofing the agency’s phone number and introducing themselves as “Sgt. Corey.” The callers allegedly claim...

SHERIDAN, Ore. – Oregon environmental regulators have issued one of their largest penalties in recent years, fining wood treatment company Stella-Jones more than $1 million for repeated pollution violations at its Sheridan facility. Yet despite years of contamination concerns, the company will be allowed to continue...