Salem OR

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued a civil penalty of $81,600 to Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. for discharging waste into the Marys River following a trestle collapse and train derailment in Corvallis on January 4, 2025. The notice was issued on Nov....

The Woodburn Chamber of Commerce’s annual celebration of community heroes is just around the corner. On Saturday, Feb. 28, the Woodburn Chamber of Commerce will host its 75th annual Distinguished Service Alma Awards celebration at Mount Angel Festhalle, 500 Wilco Highway. These awards honor Woodburn community members...

Salem, OR – January 2, 2026 – On October 23, 2025, the Cherriots Board of Directors approved the donation of three retired buses to the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST), helping support training for Oregon’s next generation of public safety professionals. On December 30, 2025, the...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Despite a career-high 24 points by Addison Gallatin, visiting Willamette escaped with a 60-59 win over Whitworth in the Pirates' Northwest Conference opener on Friday night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse. The Bearcats (4-7 overall, 1-1 NWC) built a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter before Gallatin...

HER Roofing blended modern materials with historic sensitivity on a demanding cone roof project. It was early November 2024 when HER Roofing signed the contract to roof the Settlemier House, in Woodburn, Oregon. Built in 1892, the historic house had wood shakes and needed to be converted to composition shingles. The...

As the newspaper industry struggles to survive, two publications in east Linn County are merging in hopes of better serving their communities and surrounding areas. The Sweet Home New Era and the Lebanon Local, published by Scott Swanson and his wife Miriam, have combined as one weekly newspaper as of Jan. 1.

In 2025, the U.S. housing market largely continued the sluggish trends that have defined the post-pandemic years: high prices, elevated mortgage rates, and persistent economic uncertainty. Historically few homes sold through November 2025, and as sellers struggled to find buyers, many chose not to list at all. That...

On the day after New Year’s, there was nothing sensational to see on my first bike ride of 2026 into Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood. But a building site caught my eye. This area along the river on the east side of the old part of Albany not ritzy or new. Which is one reason I like it. Another reason is that it’s...

A last few furry friends found their fur-ever homes before the clock hit midnight, rounding out a record-setting year for the Oregon Humane Society. In 2025, OHS found loving homes for 12,482 animals across its Portland and Salem campuses, ending the year on a high note with a day dedicated to feline friends.

Ocean data in 2025 points to roughly average conditions. Juvenile salmon encountered a mixed bag of ocean conditions off the West Coast in 2025, based on an annual analysis by NOAA Fisheries and Oregon State University researchers. The researchers examine 16 ocean indicators, from temperature and salinity to the...