Crews battle ‘fully-involved’ barn fire near Sherwood
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Crews battled a fire at a barn outside Sherwood Tuesday morning, officials said. Shortly after 10 a.m., Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue said they were on the scene of a fully-involved barn fire on SW Wunderli Canyon Road. Officials said that the building was a...
Bad Left Turn Turns Salem School Trip Into Hwy 22 Nightmare
What began as a routine North Salem High School field trip to Western Oregon University turned tragic Monday morning when a school bus attempting a left turn on Highway 22 near the OR-51 interchange west of Salem collided head-on with an SUV, killing the other driver and sending two people to the hospital. The crash...
Willamette Valley is the latest bank to step away from residential mortgages
Willamette Valley Bank said it will cease residential mortgage lending on March 31 as competition and elevated interest rates pressure community bank economics. AI Summary. Salem, Oregon-based Willamette Valley Bank is exiting the residential mortgage lending business, citing intense competition and a prolonged high...
Marion County, OR Deputies Arrest 2, Seize AR-Style Rifle After Traffic Stop
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Marion County, Oregon – Two Salem teenagers were arrested after a traffic stop near 48th Avenue NE and Jessie Way NE led to the discovery of loaded firearms and ammunition, prompting felony charges....
Mail theft in Newberg prompts police investigation, seeking public’s help
The Newberg-Dundee Police Department is investigating reports of multiple overnight thefts of items from mailboxes and vehicles. The most recent incidents occurred in neighborhoods on Ninth Street and Dayton Avenue in the southern part of Newberg and Pennington Drive on the northern end of town. “Officers have...
Tentative opening day set for Woodburn’s Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
Woodburn’s beloved spring tradition is just around the corner. The Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm has announced the tentative opening day for this year’s Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival: Friday, March 20, with operations predicted through April 26. For the past 42 years, the tulip festival has been the ultimate...
OSU researchers make breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research
CORVALLIS – (News release from Oregon State University) An Oregon State University scientist and a team of undergraduate students have uncovered real-time insights into a chemical process linked with Alzheimer’s disease, paving the way toward better drug designs. The researchers used a molecule measuring technique to...
New Guardrails for AI Companions Could Be Coming to Oregon
Operators of artificial intelligence chatbots would have to refer suicidal users to a crisis hotline, and clearly tell users they are talking to software—not a human—under a bill that has been moving through Salem in recent weeks. “One of the most important features of this bill is, it...
Salem Blueberry Giant Yanks 55,000 Pounds Over Listeria Scare
Willamette Valley Fruit Company, a Salem processor operated by Oregon Potato Company, has pulled roughly 55,689 pounds of individually quick-frozen blueberries after routine product testing raised the alarm for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified the move as...
She named Newberg’s street sweeper. Now she’s getting a ride to school
A Newberg youth’s reward for naming the city’s new street sweeper was a thrilling ride to the school in the behemoth vehicle. Kate Williamson, 10, earned the treat after she suggested the name “Sir Sweeps-a-Lot” and won out over nearly 100 submissions received by the contest deadline in late November.
