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In spring of 2026, Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Investigations Unit initiated an investigation into online child sexual exploitation crimes that occurred in rural Willamina, Oregon. Detectives determined that in February of 2026, Jeremy Lee Tish allegedly contacted a minor for the purposes of sexual exploi

The mother who can’t afford insulin for her child with diabetes. A city where no pharmacy will take the insurance plan most people have. People who have had to declare bankruptcy because of medical bills. For two hours, dozens of people told Sen. Ron Wyden, Rep. Andrea Salinas and State Rep. Lesly Munoz about how diffi

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (KOIN) — For the first time since 2023, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels are returning to Oregon. And they’re bringing their high-speed performance back to McMinnville this weekend.  The Oregon International Air Show runs Aug. 14-16 at McMinnville Airport, with the Blue Angels headlining a lineup that includ

A new Oregon transplant pulls into a WinCo parking lot in Hillsboro, and the building looks like a warehouse nobody bothered to dress up. That turns out to be the least surprising part of their trip. WinCo Foods runs on habits that longtime Oregonians intuitively know. Everyone else has to...

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, has a new name-the North American Aerospace Museum. The museum, which opened in 2001 approximately 50 miles southwest of Portland, is famously known for being the home of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the "Spruce Goose,"-a name that designer Howard

The man accused of smashing a glass display case and stealing a haul of gold during a Christmas Eve heist at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals has been convicted. A Washington County jury found Vincent Charles Roberts II guilty Friday, Aug. 7, of second-degree burglary, first-degree aggravated theft, first-

A train stalled on a Union Pacific-owned rail and blocked traffic Aug. 13 on 12th Street NE between Center Street and the Amtrak station in Salem for about an hour during the early morning commute. About a dozen commuters, passersby and other witnesses told the Statesman Journal the train, which included some cars bea

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Corvallis School District board adopted a resolution Aug. 12 that puts a five-year local option levy renewal on the November 2026 ballot. The levy would renew current local option taxes that voters first approved in 2006 and have renewed three times since then. The proposed rate of $1.50 per $1,00

A discount grocery chain is moving into the building that Rite Aid left behind in Silverton, turning a vacant pharmacy at 626 McClaine St. into the town's newest place to shop for bargain groceries. Grocery Outlet plans to debut the new store on August 20, according to a spokesperson, occupying the former Rite Aid phar

About 1,500 animals were released from a mink farm in Turner early Aug. 13 after someone cut through a section of the facility’s perimeter fence, according to Fur Commission USA, a national trade association representing mink farmers. Cascade Farm has recovered about 80% of the released mink, said Challis Hobbs, the as