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SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - A recovery effort is underway in Marion County after a stolen car ended up in the Willamette River over the weekend. FOX 12 spoke to neighbors in the area who said they have many questions, but the biggest is how the car got there in the first place.

A vehicle was reported stolen out of Salem, Oregon, and authorities began investigating. Little did they know that the car, a gray sedan, was shortly after found in a local river, submerged, waiting for someone ... Read more

Trader Joe’s is growing its Oregon footprint with two new stores. The California-based grocer — perhaps best known for its private-label snacks, frozen meals and grab-and-go offerings — operates more than 600 locations nationwide. Sixteen of those grocery stores are in Oregon, with another pair on the way.

A man was arrested and charged after allegedly leaving a dog inside a hot car for nearly 2 1/2 hours, resulting in the dog's death and subsequent disposal behind a Marion County bar. A man has been arrested and charged after reportedly leaving a dog inside a hot car on...

MCKENZIE BRIDGE: Just short of 240 runners took to the McKenzie River Trail last Saturday for the annual McKenzie River Trail Run, filling almost all of the event's permitted capacity and continuing a tradition that's made the race Oregon's oldest continuously held ultramarathon. Now in its 36th year, the 50-kilometer.

LINN COUNTY, Ore. — Around 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle-versus-motorcycle crash on Highway 164 near milepost 7 in Linn County. Police said a green Dodge Ram driven by Jason Richard Jones, 47, of Albany, was westbound on Hwy 164 near Albany when it collided with a red Honda mo

A dog left in a parked truck during the midday heat east of Woodburn died on Sunday, and investigators say its body was later carried behind a local bar and dumped. Marion County deputies believe they know who was involved and are now asking the public to help track them down.

LEBANON, Ore. — Lebanon Fire District made quick work of a two-acre grass fire on Monday, June 15. Firefighters were dispatched around 5 p.m. to reports of a small natural cover fire in the 35900 block of KGAL Road. While en route, the Battalion Chief witnessed a large smoke column and immediately upgraded the incident

When Kenneth Hass was languishing in a seclusion room at Oregon State Hospital in October 2024, a social worker paid him a visit and wrote a report about what he saw. Among the social worker’s observations: Hass habitually urinated and defecated in his bed. He had never been out of seclusion for more than 48 hours at a

In honor of Father’s Day, here are Newberg fathers and kids working in wine together. My track and field event in high school was the 3,000-meter race — no one wanted to run it because it was 7½ grueling laps around the track. At full speed. One...