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A Clackamas County family is urgently asking Oregonians to help find 16-year-old Emmalynn “Emma” Slaughter, who has been missing since the early morning hours of Sunday, September 13, 2026. According to a missing-person flyer being circulated by Emma’s family, security footage captured the teenager leaving through her

A McMinnville man was sentenced to over two years in prison after injuring another man while driving under the influence of methamphetamines in a road rage incident.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Why did a routine complaint about a small cooking fire become a fatal confrontation? The family of a 75-year-old Dennis Sachet is still searching for that answer two years after he was pinned by a Benton County Sheriff’s deputy and later died. His estate is seeking $3.5 million in a wrongful […]

Correction, September 15, 2026 11:35 am: A previous version of this story misidentified the first name of Edward Martinez. The News regrets the error. Oregon State Public Safety’s “Doggone Good Chili” swept two top honors at the Public Safety Chili Cook-Off on Sunday while Patrick Lumber Manufacturing ran out of its Pe

A motorcyclist blew past a Benton County Sheriff's Office deputy at roughly 101 miles per hour in a posted 50 mph zone last Friday, then kept accelerating to speeds estimated above 150 mph while fleeing along Highway 99W near Airport Road south of Corvallis. Four days later, deputies still don't have a name for the rid

WOODBURN Ore. (KPTV) - The Woodburn City Council approved a 120-day freeze on new data center projects Monday night following a public hearing. The temporary ban halts the acceptance, review, and approval of city permits and development proposals for new data storage, processing, and information technology facilities u

An 0-2 record usually doesn’t come with much of a pulse. Oregon State’s does. Saturday night, the Beavers spent the better part of four quarters annoying the heck out of No. 13 Texas Tech. They traded shots with a team expected to beat them comfortably, climbed out of multiple holes, and eventually grabbed a 24-21 lead

DALLAS, OR — A McMinnville man will spend more than two years in prison after authorities said his aggressive, high-speed driving led to a serious-injury crash on Highway 18 near Grand Ronde. Polk County Circuit Judge Rafael A. Caso sentenced Christopher Jamie Current, 57, to 28 months in prison...

I’ve participated in the Silver Falls Trail Runs several years now, so I feel like I’m an expert on the subject. The two biggest things you need to know about this Run Wild Adventures race is that the weather is unpredictable and possibly horrible and that it might be one of the most beautiful races you will ever exper

Expect intervals of clouds and sunshine this morning with more clouds later in the day. Highs will be near 70, with winds out of the north-northeast at 5 to 10 mph with Meteorologist Scott Elnes.