Salem OR

If you travel the roads crisscrossing Parrett Mountain you will see them: dozens of signs imploring residents to save an embattled tract of historic land known as Bob & Crystal Rilee Park. In addition to a museum dedicated to the namesake Rilee family, the 325-acre park features more than 12...

Perrydale Road will temporarily close south of Highway 22 starting the week of June 23 as crews work between it and Kings Valley Highway to improve intersections on the busy thoroughfare. Perrydale Road will only be open to local traffic during construction. Traffic will detour to Kings Valley Highway. The project wi

Salem police recovered some of the $60,000 in stolen merchandise from a northeast Salem card shop after searching a storage unit tied to a burglary suspect already in custody.

-Devin Michael Abrams-Bunn, 32, of Newberg, was arrested on a probation violation. No bail was set and he received an undisclosed sentence on the charge. – Gavin Brent Buchanan, 26, of Dundee, was arrested on a probation violation. No bail was set and the case is pending. June 12. –...

Fire crews got the upper hand on a field fire in Corvallis before it could spread to an assisted living facility.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — As Juneteenth celebrations take place across Oregon on Friday, Black community leaders say the holiday remains an important opportunity to preserve history and educate the public amid a national debate over diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union

Oregon State Hospital, the state’s highest-level psychiatric institution, has faced much scrutiny in recent years over staffing problems, questionable caretaking practices, and a high profile patient death—and it has churned through interim leader after interim leader. Now, the Oregon Health Authority announced this we

Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Oregon State Police. All crashes with fatalities may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. THURSDAY, JUNE 11. • 2:41 a.m. — Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 205 near Milwaukie...

On most of my bike rides around Albany, there is nothing much to see. So a train, any train, makes for a welcome change of scenery. Which is why I stopped and recorded this long but slow Portland & Western freight on the Toledo Branch on the evening of June 16, 2026:

A bell rings, lunch begins and students file into a classroom carrying pizza, Bibles and conversations with friends. They gather around desks pushed together, filling the room with discussion as more students arrive. Some grab a slice of pizza before taking a seat, while others begin flipping through their Bibles and t