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Philomath Police, joined by officers from Corvallis and deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, stopped 24 drivers on Main Street during a crosswalk enforcement operation Wednesday. From those who were pulled over, 13 were issued citations. The joint operation in Corvallis and Philomath resulted in 53 traffic

LINN/BENTON COUNTY, Ore. - Residents in Linn and Benton counties can recycle their old mattresses and box springs for free on Saturday, Oct. 3. According to the Mattress Recycling Council, the free collection events are made possible by an Oregon state law and the council's Bye Bye Mattress program. The program offers

A proposal to amend the city's policy on long-term memorials at the city's flagpole on First Street received the blessing of the majority of the city council in late September, paving the way for their outright ban.

The City of Gervais is getting an investment in community safety via a unique donation. Cherriots Board of Directors recently authorized the donation of a retired transit bus to the […]

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - A 20-year-old Keizer man was arrested on Thursday and faces charges related to kidnapping and domestic violence, according to the Salem Police Department. According to police, officers were initially sent to a reported fight in or near a car along Salem Industrial Drive Northeast near Hyacinth Stree

Jim Sherwood of Mulino, Oregon, set a new Oregon state record on Saturday at the National Pumpkin Weigh Off in Wheatland, California. His 2,613-pound giant […] The post Oregon grower shatters state record at National Pumpkin Weigh Off in California first appeared on This is JELD ⚡️ .

The Oregon Hillel Foundation had been celebrating “a lot of firsts” leading up to Sukkot. Then someone swiped its sukkah. “We had just opened up this building barely a week before that,” Lenny Steinberg, executive director of the nonprofit, which works with students at the University of Oregon and Oregon State Universi

An individual suspected to be trafficking large quantities of illicit drugs was apprehended Wednesday in an interagency bust in Newberg. According to a release from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, […]

Oregon senators: “Our constituents have expressed concerns about how the ongoing pause affects the local economies across the state where UAS testing takes place, and they seek a timely resolution”. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its

Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. All calls for service may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. Locations are approximate and may not be included if it could identify victims of certain crimes of a sensitive