Salem OR

More than 400 people and their four-legged friends hit the pavement in Salem for Oregon Humane’s Doggie Dash on Saturday.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is seeking public comment and will hold a hearing on proposed updates to the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant rules. The federally funded grant program, administered by OPRD, provides financial assistance to local governments, federally recognized tribes, and stat

A 43-year-old Lebanon man will serve time in prison for domestic violence after assaulting and choking his girlfriend. A Linn County jury found David John Slack guilty on two felony counts of strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree assault in May. Slack was indicted on charges of first-degree kidnapping

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A hot air balloon made an emergency landing in a lumber yard in Newberg on Friday. The incident was caught on camera by Parr Lumber, as workers corralled the aerial vessel full of unexpected visitors to help them safely land in the store parking lot. Workers rushed to the descending balloon, […]

The 9th Annual Love INC Golf Tournament brought community members, local leaders, businesses and supporters together for a day of generosity, connection and a little Oregon rain. This year’s event raised more than $ 25,000 to support the mission of Love INC of north Marion County. Held at the...

Logan Scott, a senior at South Salem High School, drove to the net to spike the volleyball hard for a point against Crook County High School. The May 23 quarterfinals, which South Salem won three sets to Crook County’s one, came near the end of the first year of Oregon School Activities Association-sanctioned boys voll

What started as a trip out of Wenatchee ended in a downtown Salem market, where a badly injured woman ran for her life and a 42-year-old man landed in jail on kidnapping and assault allegations, according to police. Salem officers say the man, a Wenatchee resident, kidnapped and assaulted his...

HOSKINS — The field was choked with dead fir trees, blackberries climbing out of them. The ridges were barren, picked over by timber harvests going back years. And somewhere in there, a creek ran through ground so flat and wet that Dave and Sarah Ehlers stood looking at it and saw something most people wouldn’t — poten

What are those orange power cables that emerge from gray boxes on power poles in Salem? Portland General Electric has installed chargers for electric cars accessible by the public in 30 locations on side streets here, plus more in Woodburn and in other cities around Oregon. PGE says the stations are designed to make EV

-Thomas Michael Malina, 55, of Newberg, was arrested on a probation sanction. No bail was set and the case is pending. – David Elmer Smith, 63, of Newberg, was arrested on a probation violation. No bail was set and he received an undisclosed sentence on the charge. – Noelle Terese...