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Federal auditors praised the staff of Oregon’s largest juvenile detention center, MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn, for working swiftly to protect residents from harassment or inappropriate comments. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (or PREA), created by the federal government more than two decades...

SALEM, Ore. — On Saturday, March 21, Gilberto Hernandez-Betancourt, 35, of Salem, was arrested in connection with a robbery incident that occurred in the 2800 block of Broadway Street NE, the Salem Police Department said. Around 3 p.m., officers responded to a report of theft, and it was determined...

SALEM, Ore.— White-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats has been detected for the first time in Oregon in Columbia and Benton counties. White-nose syndrome is caused by an infection with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans that disrupts hibernation, causing early winter emergence, dehydration and starvation. This finding...

DALLAS Ore. (KPTV) - A Polk County jury has convicted a Falls City man of murder and other charges in the deadly shooting of his landlord last year. Terry Lawrence Allwen, 63, was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder with a firearm following a multi-day trial in Polk County Circuit Court. Jurors also convicted...

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...