Salem OR

OREGON CITY, Ore. — A Salem man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the fatal stabbing of a woman in a Clackamas County recreational vehicle on New Year’s Eve 2024. Jason David Perillo, 51, pleaded guilty Thursday in Clackamas County Circuit Court to...

The longtime public health leader hired to be the next permanent superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital previously worked at, then oversaw, an even more troubled state hospital in Washington state. Sean Murphy was an executive at Western State Hospital in Washington from June 2016 to November 2018, according to...

This budget puts the school district in a better place financially than one year ago, when leadership anticipated a budget shortfall of $51.1 million.

One of the nation's best college ballparks is getting a right field face lift, along with new facilities for Corvallis's summer league team.

The U.S. housing market has been uncharacteristically slow since the pandemic, when buyers and sellers jumped on ultra-low mortgage rates. Since then, high prices and economic uncertainty have scared many consumers off, leading to multiple years with home sales near 30-year lows. This slowdown hasn't played out evenly

Today will deliver one last day of very warm and dry conditions across the Willamette Valley and Umpqua Basin, although afternoon high temperatures will be slightly cooler than the past couple of days, generally in the upper 80s to low 90s. A significant weather pattern change to cooler and wetter...

Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. All calls for service may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. Locations are approximate and may not be included if it could identify victims of certain crimes of a sensitive

LEBANON, Ore. (KPTV) - Fire crews in Lebanon had a busy day battling a string of intense grass fires on Wednesday. The most intense fire was reported near Kgal Drive and Tallman Road. Crews from departments around the area responded to help get the fire under control, according to the...

A 19-year-old from Sandy was killed Wednesday morning after his pickup smashed into a semi-truck on State Route 97 just north of Goldendale, in the latest deadly crash along the busy highway. Officials say Tanner Weisz was driving a 2003 Ford F-350 shortly before 8 a.m. near milepost 28 when...

For different reasons, the communities of Canby, Woodburn, and Molalla spent the early to mid-1800s developing, growing, and becoming key components of life in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. That growth came in different ways, but the lynchpin of that growth was a belief that those three areas could impact what...