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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, the weather is turning for the better. After a week of mostly cloudy weather, skies will clear and temperatures will warm into the lower 80s as the nation celebrates the 250th birthday of the United States on Saturday.

Two days before Independence Day, Benton County got around to announcing that a July 7 public hearing on a North Albany land use issue has been postponed. As reported here on June 23, the new hearing date is Aug. 4. On its website, the county posted a news release about...

WASHINGTON COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - Highway 99 South has reopened following a crash between Sherwood and Newberg on Saturday afternoon, according to TripCheck/ODOT. Just after 2:30 p.m., Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue said all southbound lanes were blocked near Southwest Bell Road while they worked to rescue a person trappe

There’s a grocery store in Wilsonville, Oregon, that has absolutely no business being this good at tacos, and yet here we are. San Francisco Tienda Mexicana is the kind of place that makes you question every food decision you’ve ever made in your life. Not in a bad...

A Salem woman was seriously injured Thursday morning in a fatal head-on crash on Highway 18 in Lincoln County. Oregon State Police say the crash happened at about 10:10 a.m. July 2, near milepost 1. Investigators say a gray Nissan pickup driven by 35-year-old Bryan James Anderson of Grand Ronde was headed east when, fo

Since 1984, Salem has celebrated the partnership between residents and police with the combined effort to make our neighborhoods safe and better places to live. We celebrate that relationship, along with the rest of America, annually on the first Tuesday of August. The event is called National Night Out. Block...

The latest news stories and stories of interest in the Willamette Valley from the digital home of Southern Oregon, from Wynne Broadcasting’s WillametteValleyMagazine.com. Be sure to check out what we’re predicting in your area: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/extended-forecast. Happy 4th of July! It is a truly historic

INDEPENDENCE Ore. (KPTV) - A 28-year-old Independence teacher was arrested on Thursday for luring a child, possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and identity theft, according to police. Officers with the Independence Police Department have arrested Central School District teacher Ian Ikaika Imamura for the foll

A Grand Ronde man died and a Salem woman suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash on Highway 18 in Lincoln County after a pickup crossed into oncoming traffic.

An injured husky was rescued from near the summit of Olallie Butte in Oregon on Thursday night, authorities said.