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Marion County Housing Authority will celebrate the groundbreaking of the Farmdale Apartments redevelopment in Woodburn on Wednesday, July 1. The 3:30 p.m. groundbreaking event at 1233 W. Lincoln St. in Woodburn marks an important milestone for MCHA and the Farmdale community as the project moves from planning and finan

For decades, a half-built hulk of urban blight and broken dreams has sat unfinished in the heart of Independence. Even after the millions of dollars invested into the three stories of concrete and other building materials at 203 Monmouth St. referred to by some locals as “Skeletor,” the building’s only residents have b

New emerald ash borer sightings in Oregon are raising alarms. Officials stress the dangers of moving firewood, which can transport these pests into your backyard.

Just in time for the 250th anniversary of the founding of America, a new display gives the public easy access to the stories of people who shaped the beginnings of Albany as a town. I noticed the display on the SW Seventh Avenue frontage of Riverside Cemetery. The installation was...

DALLAS, Ore. — A Polk County jury has found a Dallas man guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his brother outside a Dallas home in November 2024. Alonzo E. Rowell, 52, was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree in connection with the death of his brother, Tony Miller, 54, following a trial in Polk

Oregon State has picked up a third defensive line commitment. Tymon Meeks, a defensive tackle from Texas, committed to OSU on Saturday. He took an official visit to Corvallis earlier this month and chose OSU over New Mexico State and Bowling Green. The 6-foot, 265-pound Meeks had 96 tackles (16...

JaMarcus Shephard and the Oregon State staff have continued their success on the recruiting trail over the last several weeks, as evidenced by a strong class of commits for the 2027 recruiting cycle. Deron Foster, a three-star running back from Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia, is one of those commits. After h

Sometimes the best therapy doesn’t come from a couch or a prescription bottle, but from a fuzzy creature with eyelashes that could make a supermodel weep with envy. Alpacas at Marquam Hill Ranch in Molalla, Oregon offers exactly that kind of soul-soothing experience, and it’s probably closer than you think.

Fears that the Flock Safety camera surveillance system could facilitate arrests made by federal immigration agents have led the City of Woodburn to disband the network. In use by the city since January 2025, the 23 surveillance cameras were installed to read license plates to track the whereabouts of suspect vehicles.

Saturday afternoon in Molalla did not go as planned. At about mid-afternoon on June 27, 2026, phones across west-central Clackamas County blared to life as the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for the area around the small Oregon city south of Portland. The warning, set to run until 4:15 p.m. local tim