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Last year's Atlantic Sun champions lost their head coach but brought back a hungry young team looking to prove their still tournament caliber. Can the Beavers take them down?

Our forecast details possible high-based thunderstorms in the Cascades this afternoon, alongside morning marine clouds and seasonable, dry temperatures for the Willamette Valley area continuing into next week.

The Corvallis School Board has voted to send a local option levy renewal to the November ballot. In 2006, voters first approved the current local option levy, at a rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Local option levies can only run for up to five years at a time, and the current version will expire ne

This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals who are passionate about our Mid-Valley community. After 30 years of digging up the same patch of land next to Woodburn High School, David Ellingson still gets excited when he returns to it each August. As he watches an excavator operator from the City

With a history that can be traced back more than 60 years, Woodburn’s annual Fiesta Mexicana isn’t just a city event, it’s a cultural event that draws thousands from all over the valley. This year’s Fiesta will run Friday-Sunday, Aug. 21-23, at Woodburn’s Legion Park (1385 Park...

Country singer Nate Smith will headline opening night of the Oregon State Fair on August 28 at 6:30 p.m., taking the stage at the L.B. Day Amphitheater in Salem as the fair kicks off an 11-day run through Labor Day. The concert offers a mix of free and paid seating, with fairgoers able to snag a limited number of compl

A 20-year-old man has died after falling from a waterfall on Monday, Aug. 10. Burlington, Kentucky, resident Zachary Nicholas Mertens had been taking photos at...

The scourge that is the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that has struck a handful of communities in the state, has prompted local authorities to take action. The pesky beetle, discovered in June in Newberg and two other northwest Oregon communities, has taken aim at healthy trees and isn’t expected to stop there.

NEWBERG, Ore. — One of Newberg’s most decorated chefs has made his way north, departing from The Allison Inn & Spa for Portland’s The Ritz-Carlton. According to a report in the Portland Business Journal published Aug. 12, 2026, Strong was named executive chef of The Ritz-Carlton, Portland, where he will oversee the hot

New rules add structural-metal, engine and aerospace manufacturers to the program, which offers up to $10,000 annually for creating qualifying jobs. Oregon has expanded eligibility for its new job-creation tax credit, opening a more direct path for additional manufacturers to receive state tax benefits when they increa