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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A crash involving a semi-truck and two passenger vehicles in Wilsonville held up I-5 traffic early Wednesday morning, according to officials. The crash at the SW Ellingsen Road off-ramp near Milepost 285.76 caused a 20-minute backup until just past noon, per the Oregon Department of Transportati

Jazz trumpeter and saxophonist Fernando Ferrarone discusses his musical upbringing, improvisation and composition, his latest album "Beautifully Different."

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - A Marion County grand jury has concluded a six-month inquiry into Oregon State Hospital, finding the psychiatric facility lacks sufficient bed capacity to meet community demand while relying on extreme patient seclusion, compromised staffing standards, and administrative retaliation. Marion County D

WILSONVILLE, Ore. (KPTV) - One person has been taken to a hospital after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Wilsonville. Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue posted on X at about 8:40 a.m. that crews were on scene of a crash on southbound I-5 near the Southwest Ellingsen Road off-ramp. TVF&R said the crash involved a se

Salem City Council delayed a decision Monday on a disputed rezoning at 1505 Front Street NE, giving the property owner and city planners one more chance to find a compromise before the case returns Oct. 12. The 1.43-acre property is already a working business site. A nearly 36,000-square-foot warehouse is...

SALEM, OR – Neighbors in Northeast Salem say children who walk to school and shoppers at a local grocery store are at risk because of a recent shelter expansion. A number of people told Salem city councilors this week, staff at the Church At The Park – Village of Hope shelter turn a blind eye to what residents are doin

We are observing a frontal system continuing its southeastward movement toward our region this afternoon, primarily impacting northwestern Oregon. Gusty winds, reaching 25 to 35 mph, are expected to continue through this afternoon, mainly for coastal areas north of Lincoln County. As the cold front pushes inland this e

The generous chicken-fried steak and house sausage gravy impressed us at Brick & Mortar Cafe, a friendly downtown Albany breakfast spot in the historic Flinn Block.

SALEM, Ore. — Cherriots Board of Directors authorized the donation of a retired transit bus to the City of Gervais, where it will be repurposed as a mobile Emergency Operations Center. The donated vehicle, a 35-foot 2008 Gillig diesel bus identified as Bus #115, has been decommissioned after surpassing...

NEWBERG, Ore. — When Francesca Batchler lost her husband of 40 years to a head-on collision in 2019, she fell into a deep emptiness that left her moving from her bed to her couch and living in despair, she said. After a month of being alone, Batchler decided she needed something more.