Salem OR

Early on Saturday morning, an Oregon law enforcement agency searched the data of Albany’s lone police surveillance camera for a shoplifting investigation. You could learn that much from the Flock Safety company’s “Albany OR PD Transparency Portal.” But that’s all you could learn about that search. There’s nothing...

Salem City Council will consider a state grant for improvements to Fairview Park and a change in the Council’s Capital Improvement Program policy when it meets Monday, January 12, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be at Loucks Auditorium at the Salem Public Library. Or watch on YouTube. State...

Oregon’s standard minimum wage increased from $14.70 to $15.05 in July, eliciting a mixed response from Oregon State University and the community. Money is a variable in every college student’s trek through their education. From paying tuition to purchasing groceries, finances are required. What are the noticeable...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate serving a 30-year term for killing his girlfriend in Bend nearly 35 years ago has died in the Salem state prison, the Oregon Department of Corrections said Monday. James Byron Coon, 76, died on Sunday morning in the infirmary while on hospice care. As with...

LEBANON, Ore. - A Lebanon woman is facing serious charges related to a robbery and murder that occurred in October 2025. Ashlee Lathrop, 31, was charged last week in Linn County Circuit Court for the death of Christopher Joseph Smith on Oct. 4. Smith was discovered shot in his 2013 Chevrolet Camaro after it crashed...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Health officials in Oregon are on high alert following the state's first confirmed measles cases of 2026 in Linn County. According to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), two individuals have developed symptoms of the highly contagious virus. Officials are urging anyone who visited Lebanon Community...

Several groups quickly organized Saturday’s protests in the aftermath of federal officers killing a woman in Minneapolis and shooting two immigrants in Portland. Hundreds of Oregonians turned out across Portland and in Salem to protest against federal agents shooting people in Portland and Minneapolis, as well as...

In a weight class that included two reigning state champions, it was Newberg’s Paisley Conway who walked away Saturday looking like the best 115-pound wrestler in the state. At the Lady Dragon Invite at Dallas High School, Conway stunned reigning Class 6A/5A 110-pound state champion Marlina Martinez of McNary in the...

SALEM, Ore. — Residents in a limited area of South Salem are advised to boil their water before using it following a power outage that caused a temporary loss of water pressure at a pump station on Saturday night, according to the city of Salem. A Portland General Electric...

People who visited two hospitals in Linn County during specific times this week may have been exposed to measles, a highly infectious virus that spreads through the air and in rare cases can be fatal, Oregon officials said Saturday. The two people with Oregon’s first confirmed measles cases in 2026...