Salem OR

Join artist Kelly Lovell for a relaxing Coffee & Canvas session at the McMinnville Community Center. You’ll be guided step by step through a simple, fun painting while enjoying freshly roasted coffee.

Two of the most powerful groups in Salem are at loggerheads over a public records request. At issue: a request that Service Employees International Union filed last November with the Oregon Department of Human Services. SEIU, Oregon’s largest public employee union, with 72,000 members, asked the agency for a list of...

All Sherwood Public Library storytime sessions are taking a short break the week of March 25, 2026. Programs will return the week of March 31 with a refreshed schedule:. Tuesdays starting March 31: Baby Storytime at 9:30 a.m. (ages 0–12 months) and Fun for Ones at 10:15 a.m. (ages 12–24 months). Each session lasts...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon’s spring break is underway, and the weather looks like it will cooperate for the most part. Monday will bring mostly sunny skies before clouds roll in later this afternoon. A weak weather system looks to push through on Tuesday bringing rain across northwest...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three people were displaced after fire broke out at a home in north Newberg Friday afternoon, authorities said. Just before 4 p.m., Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews responded to reports of smoke coming from a home near Columbia Drive and College Street. Officials said...

A quick conversation about collectibles usually turns minds to sports cards, comic books, stamps or something similar. But the collectible realm has many other branches of the tree, one of them covered in glass. That realm was on display March 20-21 in Aurora at this year’s Bottle, Antique & Collectibles Show and...

Organizers are planning a No Kings rally in neighboring Corvallis on Saturday as part of a nationwide day of nonviolent action. No Kings III in Corvallis, organized by Benton County residents affiliated with Indivisible BC, will span three locations — Oregon State University’s McNary Field at 11th and Monroe, Central...

A Salem man was arrested Saturday after a robbery and hit-and-run, officials said.

People in and around the city of Monroe in Benton County may soon have a new electric utility. Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative agreed to terms to buy PacifiCorp’s Monroe territory, covering 1,162 residential, commercial and irrigation customers in Monroe, Alpine, Bellfountain and along Highway 99W. The move is a...

The Woodburn Fire District is climbing for a cure. On March 8, a team of Woodburn firefighters participated in the Firefighter Stair Climb at the Columbia Center in Seattle, Washington, to raise money to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The crew was made up of Woodburn firefighters Marshall Bray,...