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The Dallas Zoo welcomed an adorable giraffe calf in late September, with recently released footage showing the healthy male taking a few wobbly steps in an enclosure. According to the zoo, the reticulated giraffe calf was born on September 24 to mother Katie and father Tebogo. “Weighing in at 156 pounds and already...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers have signed off on a $4.3 billion transportation funding package that will keep state road crews on the job — and raise everyday costs for drivers, businesses, and workers across the Willamette Valley. The bill, House Bill 3991, passed the Senate late Monday...

Rite Aid has announced that it has closed all locations. The website of the financially-troubled pharmacy chain now contains a place to request pharmacy records and a guide that shows where prescriptions were transferred based on which location a patient used. Rite Aids in Bend, Redmond and Corvallis were among...

Oregon State University’s General Manager walked into the Athletic Director’s office on Thursday afternoon and submitted a letter with his formal resignation. Kyle Bjornstad threw in the keys.

Just east of the Lyon Street Bridge, contractors on Albany’s Waterfront Project this week began building a new access to the Dave Clark Path. This is one of the new connections between Water Avenue and the riverfront path that replace crossings over the railroad track that were closed early in 2024.

Back in 2014, spending $500,000 on a house was generally reserved for high earners. The typical U.S. home sold for $159,000, while starter homes averaged just $101,000. Fast-forward to today, and prices have more than doubled: A standard home now sells for $440,000, with starter homes approaching $300,000. These...

PORTLAND, Ore. — KGW has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Friday morning due to a Dense Fog Advisory in effect along the I-5 corridor, meaning the Willamette Valley and southwest Washington. Visibility will be reduced to less than a quarter-mile at times due to the fog. Conditions are...

SALEM – The Oregon Department of Agriculture is awarding $755,077 to Northwest. Mills and Specialty Grains, doing business as Cairnspring Mills, for a grain milling. infrastructure project at Coyote Business Park South, a development owned and. operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation...

Traveling along I-5 is going to get a little trickier as work on the Donald-Aurora interchange has moved into phase 2. According to a release from the Oregon Department of Transportation, the project is in the process of demolishing the old northbound I-5 bridge and continuing work on the new I-5 bridge over Ehlen...

As of Wednesday, 20 tribal families are moving into one of Salem’s newest affordable housing projects. Members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the city of Salem and Oregon housing advocates celebrated the opening of Kloshe Illahee Haws, a 40-unit affordable housing project spanning nearly 9 acres in...