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State officials announced Wednesday that they have named a new superintendent to lead the beleaguered Oregon State Hospital, which has faced significant leadership turnover and cultural and operational issues in recent years. Sean Murphy, a longtime healthcare administrator who most recently served as the deputy assist

What will become of Albany’s Carnegie Library downtown? City officials hope they might have some idea about the branch’s future in three years. That, at least, is the goal now baked into the city’s strategic plan, a compilation of the Albany City Council’s and the city administration’s intentions over the next few year

All lanes of Interstate 5 will close south of Salem during overnight hours Sunday and into next week as the Oregon Department of Transportation removes the old Battle Creek Road Bridge. This is phase 1 of a larger project to widen I-5 to have three lanes in both directions from...

Check out this list of events for the week of June 19-25, 2026.

It is much more comfortable out there Tuesday compared to Monday! Metro area afternoon temperatures are running 10-15 degrees cooler. Our Mother Nature-powered air conditioner has flipped back on- maybe you noticed the breezier conditions as cooler marine air is pouring back into the region. Still- some areas have alre

A man was taken into custody after the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said he left a dog inside a hot truck, resulting in the animal’s death.

Bridge work south of Salem will close lanes on both the northbound and southbound sides of Interstate 5 from June 21-24. The overnight closures begin June 21, with short closures, and from June 22-24, the interstate will be closed to northbound and southbound traffic from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. between exits 252 and exit 24

Just to follow up: The low tree I ran into on Albany’s Dave Clark Path on Wednesday evening is gone. The tree, or thick branch or limb, was hanging over the low point of the path near Sherman Street. On a bike ride Wednesday evening, my helmeted head slammed into it at what I guess was about 10 miles per hour.

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - A recovery effort is underway in Marion County after a stolen car ended up in the Willamette River over the weekend. FOX 12 spoke to neighbors in the area who said they have many questions, but the biggest is how the car got there in the first place.

A vehicle was reported stolen out of Salem, Oregon, and authorities began investigating. Little did they know that the car, a gray sedan, was shortly after found in a local river, submerged, waiting for someone ... Read more