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NEWBERG, Ore. — A black bear was spotted moving through the area of Highway 219 and Wynooski Street on June 26, marking the third black bear sighting near Newberg in six weeks, according to the Newberg-Dundee Police Department. “We have had another incident regarding a bear sighting in Newberg...

Editor’s note: This log is based on information submitted to the media by Philomath Fire and Rescue:. • 10:13 a.m. — Firefighters responded to a fire alarm activation in the 500 block of South 19th Street. • 2:05 p.m. — Firefighters were dispatched to a crash reportedly with...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two people were hurt in an attack that unfolded in a park in Corvallis, authorities said. Thomas Ludwig, 40, was arrested on Thursday of last week after allegedly swinging a meat cleaver at another person before running away from Pioneer Park. The Corvallis Police Department said officers respon

Fred Lynn Doke, 76, of Falls City, was killed when his van towing a trailer crashed down an embankment along Highway 7 in Grant County, Oregon.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three Salem teenagers were arrested Sunday in connection with an assault that happened earlier that day, Salem police said. Salem officers responded to a report of an assault just after 6 p.m. in the 5200 block of Silver Loop NE after the victim reported the teens arrived at his home and […]

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - The Salem Police Department is investigating after a Fourth of July fireworks disturbance escalated into gunfire, leaving a 24-year-old woman injured. At about 10:30 p.m. on July 4, officers responded to a disturbance in the 1400 block of Mill Street Southeast. One woman was found at the scene with

SHERWOOD, Ore. (KATU) — Firefighters in Sherwood rescued a dog and a tortoise from a house fire Thursday morning and stopped the flames from spreading to nearby homes, according to Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. Crews were dispatched at about 8:13 a.m. to a home in the 15300 block...

Wild and wacky human-powered vehicles that double as art sculptures will take on an unusual challenge in Corvallis that promises to be quite the spectacle.

YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation is proposing turn lanes, intersection realignments and a new roundabout along Oregon 99W near its junction with Oregon 18, citing a history of fatal and serious injury crashes at four intersections in the area. Agency cites years of fatal crashes;...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — High pressure remains in control of the weather pattern across the Pacific Northwest. High temperatures will climb into the mid- to upper 80s in the Willamette Valley under mostly sunny skies. The high-pressure system is also bringing monsoonal moisture east of the Cascades as upper-level...