Salem OR

A lot changes in a decade, but for A. Pederson’s Plumbing in Dallas, Oregon, you wouldn’t know it by looking at one of the Maxi-Rooters from General Pipe Cleaners coming off the company’s trailer. Pederson’s two Maxi-Rooters have been the company’s go-to machines for more than 10 years, and with the exception of the fe

Salem, OR— Are you looking for a way to both save money on your taxes and support the production of movies and TV shows in Oregon? The Oregon Department of Revenue and the Oregon Film and Video Office may have just what you need. Revenue and Oregon Film will...

Ten of Oregon’s 12 prisons were rated in poor condition, the state’s maintenance backlog has climbed to nearly $861 million, and a failure of the Department of Corrections’ aging computer system could force every institution into lockdown, according to a state audit. The Oregon Secretary of State’s...

BEAVERTON Ore. (KPTV) - The invasive emerald ash borer has been confirmed in several new northwest Oregon locations, including Salem, Beaverton, and Rockcreek, marking a significant expansion of the destructive beetle’s footprint in the state, forestry officials announced Thursday. The detections, confirmed in July aft

The Oregon Health Authority granted Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics and Santiam Hospital & Clinics' emergency exemption request.

The alternative teens and preteens of northwest Oregon are in good hands. Two new businesses are headed to Woodburn’s outlet mall this year — including one brand that will be familiar to anyone who’s ever donned a band T-shirt, rocked a lace choker or stepped foot inside a mall at any point from the 1990s onward.

The air quality in western Oregon was forecast to improve in the evening of Aug. 6, according to the National Weather Service. Officials said that wind from the ocean will clear the smoke from the Willamette Valley. North winds up to 7 mph will hit the valley starting at around 1 p.m. Oregon health officials said the a

(Central Oregon Daily editor's note: The original reporting that is referenced in this Statesman Journal article references alleged confrontations at both the Fox and Tartar fires. The Fox Fox is the one burning in Oregon, but it was the Tarter Fire on the other side of the state line from which the firefighters were r

After several days of staring through a brown haze, people across western Oregon may finally be able to open a window and see the hills again. Wildfire smoke that settled over Portland, Salem, Eugene and much of the Willamette Valley is expected to begin thinning Thursday afternoon, with a more noticeable improvement a

Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents - and a guillotine - pushed back on a $5.1 billion AI facility.