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Marion County, along with a collection of Santiam Canyon cities and agencies, submitted a formal letter June 22 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging it to cancel any deep drawdown of Detroit Reservoir in 2026 and reevaluate future draining plans. The letter, which cites serious risks to downstream drinking water

During the height of the pandemic in 2022, the typical home took less than a month to go from listed to under contract, creating the fastest housing market in history. But since then, home prices and mortgage rates have climbed substantially, pricing out many would-be buyers and sellers and slowing the market to a craw

Oregon officials are warning about the spread of an invasive insect spreading across the Willamette Valley.

A Pendleton man who has spent the last 35 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit will now have a chance to clear his name.

Six Oregon metro areas have some of the highest rates of alcohol-induced death in the nation for people 65 and older, according to a recent industry study. Roseburg (second), Eugene-Springfield (fourth) and Medford (fifth) are among the top five nationally. Salem (ninth), Bend (11th) and the Portland metro area (15th)

Oregon’s beleaguered Department of Transportation has plenty of problems to worry about without also trying to construct an entirely new highway in Newberg. As such, the goal of erecting a second section of the Newberg-Dundee bypass is simmering on the back burner of the state’s transportation objectives. The...

East of I-5 and south of Santiam Highway, you can see the beginnings of what that part of Albany may look like some years from now, with multi-story apartment blocks covering what now is open land. On the south side of Creel Avenue, “Colonia del Valle Prospero” looks to be...

WILLAMETTE VALLEY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Forestry is warning that the invasive emerald ash borer appears to be spreading in the Willamette Valley. The department said the insect was spotted in at least three new places in June: a shopping center parking lot just east of I-5 in Tualatin, a parking lot o

(KRON) — Two men and a teenage boy were killed Monday night after their car went off Highway 9 near Saratoga, according to the California Highway Patrol. Crash investigators said a 21-year-old Yuba City man was driving eastbound in a 2024 BMW M3 with two passengers, a 27-year-old man from Salem, Oregon, and a 17-year-o

(This story has been updated to include additional information) Highway 221 reopened 8 miles north of West Salem on the morning of June 23 after a crash, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT reported the crash at 8:20 a.m. and said it happened at milepost 12. It was not immediately clear what c