Salem OR

Coming up on KEZI 9 News at 4: East 30th Avenue closed as police search for shooting suspect. Plus, ODFW officials euthanize Corvallis cougar. Chief Meteorologist Holden LeCroy has weather.

Five years after the devastating 2020 Beachie Creek fire, signs of life are returning to Oregon’s treasured Opal Creek wilderness. Wildfire filmmaker Ralph Bloemers set up trail cameras in the wilderness east of Salem to illustrate forest and wildlife recovery after the fire burned nearly 200,000 acres in and around...

After years of warnings and vanishing crayfish, a wood-treatment plant in Sheridan, Oregon, has pleaded guilty to polluting the South Yamhill River—raising urgent questions about public health and accountability in a community that relies on the waterway. According to the Associated Press via KOIN, Stella-Jones Corp....

Area law enforcement agencies are looking for the following people who have absconded from the law. Anyone with information on these individuals may call the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office or its detectives, or the Newberg-Dundee Police Department. The sheriff’s office crime information tip line is 800-577-1707....

LINN COUNTY, OR (Sept. 2, 2025) - On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 7:26 p.m., Oregon State Police (OSP) responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 34, near milepost 10, in Linn County. The preliminary investigation indicated a pedestrian, Hollenia Ann Russell (44) of Albany, entered the highway...

One evening last week found me and my bike on Santiam Highway east of the interstate. As you may guess, this is not an ideal place for riding a bike, so why was I there?. To check something out, that’s why. The city of Albany’s Community Development Department had...

NEWBERG, Ore. — The Newberg City Council on Aug. 18 authorized the police department to purchase two Chevrolet Silverado trucks for $101,119 to deploy drone equipment. The city intends to recover the cost through a Newberg-Dundee Police Department Foundation grant that has already been awarded, meaning no fiscal...

CHAMPOEG, Ore. — Treasure hunting via GPS is hitting a milestone this fall with a celebration planned in the Willamette Valley. We send out a FREE weekly newsletter featuring the previous week’s biggest stories, upcoming events, and other local happenings. Our email newsletter is the first to know!

SALEM, Ore. — On Sunday, August 31, 2025, Riverfront Park hosted the fourth annual Punx in the Park festival, drawing over 1,000 attendees. The nonprofit Punx With Purpose hosted the free, all-ages event, which combined the raucous energy of punk music with direct outreach by providing more than 50 community resource...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KATU) — The Benton County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, confirmed that a juvenile male cougar was euthanized just outside the city limits of northwest Corvallis after it killed livestock and was deemed a threat to human safety. Deputies...