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Undercover agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), arrested three men associated with the Sureño street gang after purchasing 15 firearms, 58 machine gun conversion devices, and cocaine in a five-month undercover operation. Taken into custody in Portland were Cesar Daniel Arevalo...

ALBANY, Ore. -- A man who ran over an Albany police officer last year during a traffic stop has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison, according to Linn County Circuit Court records and the Albany Police Department. Court records show that 45-year-old Derham Edward Mohamed was sentenced...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Corvallis, OR – The Benton County Sheriff’s Office released its weekly DUII report this week, detailing four separate arrests made during November traffic patrols. According to the Sheriff’s Office,...

Catching one of the Pacific Northwest’s top predators takes time, a little luck and big chunks of meat. Oregon State University shark researcher Jess Schulte grabs a fishing hook about as big as her palm. She calls out to undergraduate intern Deven Guerrero, who’s elbow deep in the bait bucket at the back of the boat.

After moving to Salem, Truax, an emergency department nurse, looked for ways to use her nursing skills in the local community. In late 2024, she began volunteering at Salem Free Clinics. There, she assists with patient care, takes vital signs, and helps providers with orders and referrals. She notes that the clinic...

This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. There’s a new hum in downtown Salem: Pintxos In The Alley, a compact bar-restaurant bringing Basque-style small plates and late-night energy to Commercial Street. Soft-opened September 11, 2025, it slots into a stretch where intimate cocktail spots are...

The Salem-Keizer School District is launching an effort to persuade lawmakers and the Oregon Department of Education to correct what the district’s leaders believe is a systemic, decades-long undercount of more than 100,000 of the state’s poorest students. At stake is at least $290 million that they say districts are...

A recent incident at Cheldelin Middle School has sparked a wave of student protests. The school board's decision to close the school has been met with significant backlash from the student body, who fear that the closure will force many of their peers to either switch to private education or drop out entirely. The...

Just outside the town of Mount Angel in Marion County, the Mount Angel Abbey is a rural monastery, seminary, brewery, guesthouse, and cultural hub for the area. Founded in 1882, the name Mount Angel is a translation of Engleberg, the home Abbey in Switzerland for the Benedictines that founded it.

A man died Saturday night after his three-wheeled motorcycle struck an excavator on Hazelgreen Road NE near 49th Avenue NE in Salem, Oregon. The crash happened around 8:38 p.m. in a construction area that was not active at the time.