Salem OR

Lebanon Fire District honored the retirements of Division Chief Ken Foster and Lieutenant Michael Maynard, recognizing more than seven decades of combined service. Lebanon, OR. — The Lebanon Fire District is honoring the retirement of two longtime leaders whose combined careers span more than 70 years of dedicated...

SALEM, Ore.-Hundreds of new laws will take effect in Oregon on January 1, after a record-setting year of legislation in Salem. During the 160-day 2025 Regular Legislative Session 3,466 bills and resolutions were introduced, with 640 ultimately being sent to Governor Tina Kotek to be signed into law. Governor Kotek...

Michael Ryan Bowar, the Woodburn 18-year old arrested for allegedly hitting and killing a man while driving under the influence of intoxicants, was indicted Dec. 24. Bowar is charged with second-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxicants, three counts of recklessly endangering another person and...

SCIO, Ore. - A 29-year-old Salem man was arrested last week in connection with the alleged theft of a welder from a Linn County business, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office. LCSO officials said they responded just before 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 23 to a reported burglary at...

Since its inception more than half a century ago, a hiking trail connecting Corvallis with the central Oregon coast faced a nagging obstacle — the lack of ready permission from the dozen or so private property owners whose land the trail absolutely relied on to complete its 60-mile-long journey.

An Oregon man is facing kidnapping charges after a teenager reported his mother missing Sunday, authorities said. The Salem Police Department said officers responded to a residence on the 2100 block of Baxter Road SE after an 18-year-old man reported his mother, 36, had left Saturday night and had not returned home....

CONTACT: Salem Police Communications Office | [email protected]. Salem, Ore. — Salem Police detectives with the Strategic Investigations Unit served a search warrant on. December 22, 2025, at a residence on 18th Street NE, resulting in the seizure of a significant quantity of. firearms and illegal drugs. Salem...

Putting aside the perennial grumbling about noise and delays, we in Albany should be glad we still have functioning railroads to watch as they work, relieving highways of some of the burden of moving heavy freight. I was thinking of that the other day when I got the news that...

Paul Bachand, the former owner of now-defunct high-end restaurants in Newberg and McMinnville, appears to have once again run afoul of the law. The once celebrated chef and founder of Recipe: A Neighborhood Kitchen in Newberg and Pinch Restaurant and Wine Bar in McMinnville was arrested in late December on...

SALEM, Ore. — The Salem City Council voted 5–4 on Dec. 8 to reappoint Kyle Hedquist to the city’s Community Police Review Board, a volunteer panel that reviews complaints about police conduct and makes recommendations to the police chief. Councilors Linda Nishioka, Vanessa Nordyke, Micki Varney, Irvin...