Dallas man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for rape
POLK COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A 28-year-old man will spend more than eight years behind bars in connection with a rape investigation, according to the Polk County District Attorney’s Office. Jacob Allen Tunget pleaded no contest to first-degree rape and was sentenced to 100 months in prison. He will...
Silver Falls district proposes $87 million bond for 2 new schools
Silver Falls School District leaders will put a 26-year, $87 million school bond on the Nov. 3 ballot to build two new schools and pay for upgrades for several buildings. The school board approved the measure Aug. 10. If the bond passes, the district would receive another $10.2 million in matching funds from the state.
Salinas town hall in Newberg draws many questions, some answers
More than a hundred people took refuge from wildfire smoke and high temperatures and filed into the cool confines of a local auditorium Aug. 6 to hear, and in some cases question, their representative in the U.S. House of Representatives: Andrea Salinas. Newberg High School was next on the list...
Newberg VFW Post to Hold Flag Folding Ceremony for Scott Leavitt
NEWBERG, Ore. — Greater Yamhill County VFW Post 4015 will hold a flag folding ceremony Aug. 13 at Scott Leavitt Park to honor the park’s namesake, a Spanish-American War veteran who later served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and chaired Newberg’s park board until his death in 1966.
Contract details released for Oregon State pitching coach Andrew Moore
Andrew Moore will earn $35,000 less than Rich Dorman to be Oregon State’s pitching coach. A former All-American at OSU, Moore returned to Corvallis in June from the Triple A Columbus Clippers. He signed a one-year deal worth $160,000, according to his contract released to The Oregonian/OregonLive in response to a publi
Corvallis firefighters free kitten stuck in furniture during unusual rescue call
CORVALLIS, Ore. — A curious kitten’s misadventure led to an unusual call for Corvallis firefighters on Monday. Corvallis Fire Department said Station 2 crews responded on Aug. 10 after a kitten “managed to get its head stuck in a piece of furniture.”. The department said the crew...
Plentiful sunshine and warm temperatures across the Willamette Valley
Plentiful sunshine is expected today across the Willamette Valley with warm temperatures reaching the upper 80s, influenced by fair weather aloft and onshore flow at lower levels. Winds will be out of the north at 10 to 15 mph, creating conditions similar to those observed yesterday. Looking ahead to Wednesday,...
New OSU Study Shows Training Cats Have Benefits for Developmentally Disabled Kids
CORVALLIS, OR – An Oregon State University study finds giving developmentally disabled children the responsibility of caring for cats makes a significant difference in their growth. In the study, kids ages 8 through 17 cared for and trained cats. OSU Professor Monique Udell says they taught the cats to...
Newberg Poet Draws on Two Decades of Work for ‘Of a Certain Age’
NEWBERG, Ore. — Newberg writer and editor Tricia Gates Brown published her debut poetry collection, “Of a Certain Age,” in July through Newberg’s Fernwood Press, drawing on roughly 20 years of work to assemble the book. “The large majority of the poems were written over the...
Newberg’s Camellia Trail Brings Painted Murals to Downtown Storefronts
NEWBERG, Ore. — After two years of hauling four-foot square wooden panels to various community events, the Newberg Public Art Council has officially unveiled a series of community-painted murals downtown as part of the Camellia Trail, a paint-by-number project celebrating the camellia, Newberg’s official city flower. “
