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CORVALLIS — Hanging a basket filled with colorful plants gives decks and gardens another dimension. “You’ll have color where you wouldn’t have any otherwise,” said Brooke Edmunds, an Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturist. With all the plants on the market, getting started can be intimidating,...

Benton County and ODOT are trying to balance many factors as they try to find the best potential alignment for the long-discussed bikeway and shared-use path between Albany and Corvallis. At Saturday’s farmers’ markets in Albany and Corvallis, there were booths with displays showing where the path might go, and...

Rocks, Gems & More: The Clackamette Mineral and Gem’s 62nd annual Gem & Rock Show will be Saturday and Sunday, May 23-24, at the Clackamas County Event Center. The event offers free admission and parking and will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The event will feature dealers, demon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man died on Wednesday morning after driving into a ditch off Hwy 18, Oregon State Police said. The crash occurred just after 5:45 a.m. near milepost 38 in Yamhill County. Investigators say that Phillip Estes was traveling west in a Chevy Silverado when the car left the lane for […]

Cameras at six Salem intersections led to 18,601 red light and speeding citations in 2025 and generated $3.3 million in revenue. Salem Police issued a total of 9,482 red light citations and 9,119 speeding citations from the city's traffic cameras, with the intersection of Commercial Street SE and Madrona Avenue SE seei

SHERWOOD Ore. (KPTV) - Sherwood police announced on Friday that two new speed cameras have been installed on Oregon Street. The police department said there will be warning signs placed near the cameras, which are set to go live in the next couple of weeks. Police said speeding and distracted...

Officials did not publicly identify the suspects of the February shooting until earlier this week.

Proposals were brought to the table, but little progress was made as the Woodburn School District and Woodburn Education Association met in its second contract mediation session on Thursday, May 14. And with no contract in sight, the “S” word is starting to circulate and was offered as a shot...

CORVALLIS — Dax Whitney returned to Goss Stadium on Friday. The chances of Oregon State’s ace seeing a college mound again are extremely slim. Whitney, 20, had surgery on Monday for a torn right UCL. Dallas-based Dr. Keith Meister performed Whitney’s surgery, which was a hybrid of full UCL reconstruction — Tommy John s

According to experts at the Law Office of Kim Covington, an Albany-based bankruptcy firm, consumer bankruptcy filings rose sharply during 2025 as inflation, medical debt, and rising living costs continued putting pressure on household finances. Yet despite how common bankruptcy filing has become, many individuals still