Union-Based Meemaw’s Restaurant Moving to McMinnville in Near Future
The restaurant known for pastries and sandwiches in Union is moving closer to the Portland area this year. The owners of Meemaw’s Daily Sourdough, Elise and Derek Stevens, recently announced they are moving from their original location at 105 N Main Street to McMinnville. This is a faith-driven business with a...
Wilsonville High School closed Wednesday after threat
Wilsonville High School is closed on Wednesday after a violent threat, officials said.
Empty shelves, growing need at rural Oregon food banks as federal SNAP cuts loom
DALLAS, Ore. (KATU) — Rural Oregon food banks are stretched thin. With federal SNAP funding set to expire on Saturday, demand will rise, and the food supply may not keep up. "With the increase of the families coming in and the decrease of food coming from the federal government, it kind of clashes with each other. So...
Oregon State Police investigate fatal single-vehicle crash on I-5 in Marion County
MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Just after 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, Oregon State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, near milepost 269, in Marion County. Police say a southbound Toyota Tacoma driven by Frank Alden Kaneaster Jr., 57, of Molalla, left the roadway for unknown reasons, crashed through...
Ghost hunting in Oregon wine country: What it’s like to spend the night at...
Vintage Terrace is the rare vacation rental with a body buried in its front yard. In addition to its guests, the chic property in Carlton, Oregon, also reportedly hosts appliances with minds of their own, disembodied voices and mysterious shadows. Reporter Samantha Swindler and I braved an overnight stay at Vintage...
Salem police interrupt hardware store burglary, arrest suspect
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Salem police said they interrupted a burglary-in-progress of a hardware store and arrested one suspect early Wednesday morning. At 12:36 a.m., Salem police said they responded to an alarm activated at a business on Wallace Road NW. The owners had reported through a 911 call that the store’s...
Owner of Woodburn, Hillsboro money service business pleads guilty to laundering drug money
The owner of La Popular, a money-service business with multiple locations, including in Woodburn and Hillsboro, pleaded guilty Oct. 24 to laundering drug trafficking funds. Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes, a Guatemalan national living in the United States, was arrested April 16 after officers searched Barrera Orantes’...
Change in store on Queen Avenue SW
One address on Queen Avenue across from the old Bureau of Mines in Albany will look different in times to come if public records are any indication. The building at 1439 Queen SW, across from the entrance to the National Energy Technology Laboratory, is likely to disappear and be replaced by something residential....
Hillsboro teen’s car stolen, found burned in Marion County
A Hillsboro teen was left heartbroken after the car he worked for months to buy was stolen from his driveway.
As ochre sea star ‘baby boomers’ grow up, species showing signs of recovery
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The “baby boom” of ochre sea stars that followed a population crash a decade ago is enabling the species to recover on the Oregon Coast, according to new research by scientists at Oregon State University and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The study, published...
