Salem OR

"You’re not leaving Oregon, are you?" That’s the initial response I get when I tell people that Sept. 5 is my last day at the Statesman Journal. No, I am not leaving. My family fell in love with this state long before we moved here in late 2016, vacationing and visiting family he re. We have no plans to leave. The...

Fire along I-84 puts mobile home community near The Dalles on Level 2 alert. A wildfire along Interstate 84 near The Dalles put people living nearby on Level 2: “Be Set” evacuation alert on Sunday evening, according to the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office. Updated: 1 hour ago.

Every wine region loves to proclaim its most recent harvest as “exceptional,” “distinctive,” or even “the vintage of the century.” Oregon is no different. Yet when winemakers across the Willamette Valley call 2022 a “miracle vintage”, the evidence suggests this claim is more than marketing hype.

In a dramatic turn of events, Oregon State women's soccer team saw their first win slip away in the final seconds against Idaho State, ending in a 1-1 tie.

Board of directors awards $785K contract to install six new courts. The Chehalem Park and Recreation District’s efforts to increase its inventory of pickleball courts will come to fruition when construction begins in early September at Jaquith Park. The park district’s board of directors voted unanimously on July 17...

The receiver/return specialist received no scholarship offers out of high school but says he's landed at his `dream school' to close his college career

SALEM, Ore. - The Hampton Inn Classic, co-hosted by Bushnell University and Corban University moved north to the Warriors campus on Saturday and the change of scenery proved beneficial to the Beacons who swept a pair of matches from Carroll College and Our Lady of the Lakes University. "The team...

What started out as a three-and-out drive to open the game for Cal’s offense turned into an explosive touchdown drive to silence the loud crowd at Reser Stadium. Oregon State helped the Bears with a crucial illegal substitution penalty that gave Cal the ball back after a punt, and true freshman quarterback...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Oregon to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning June 17. The declaration covers the Oregon counties of Benton, Clackamas,...

The return of cooler air in the forecast for the start of the Holiday Weekend continues throughout the region today as afternoon highs could slip by an additional degree or two to round out the weekend. All this in spite of clearer skies and more widespread sunshine around Southwest Oregon, but the next big spike in...