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An Oregon military man has successfully broken the record for most hand-release push-ups completed in an hour.

A Lebanon man died Saturday after the car he was living in, and two other vehicles, caught fire on the 700 block of W Grant Street in Lebanon. In a news release, Lebanon Fire said multiple, simultaneous 911 calls came in at 9:20 a.m., reporting multiple cars on fire. Responding crews found two vehicles fully engulfed...

The city of Portland reels in the wake of a tragic shooting as Manuel Castillo Garza IV, a 32-year-old man from Wilsonville, succumbed to his injuries weeks after being shot by a security guard. The incident, initially occurring in early May, took a fatal turn when Garza IV died last Friday night at the hospital, as...

As a child, Jill Bartholomaus dreamed of being a published author. Her daughters, Jessie Lake, 40, of Eugene, and Molly Johnson, 30, of West Salem, remember her always writing, and their grandfather says she used to sneak out onto the roof to write at night as a teenager. Bartholomaus never reached her goal. In 2005,...

One of my favorite events of the summer is the Salem Summer Solstice 10k / 5k held in the evening around the longest day of each year – this year its Friday, June 13th. The event seems to get bigger every year and Minto Brown Island Park, a large area itself, seems to become smaller and more intimate as the...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — An Oregon State University scientist says climate change is leading to an "existential crisis" for Earth's animals. Professor William Ripple and a team of researchers analyzed data sets that show climate change is threatening 3,500 species, including blue whales and a half-dozen seal species. They...

An explosion from inside a burning car rattled a Lebanon neighborhood early Saturday, killing one person and scattering debris into yards and streets, the Lebanon Fire District said.

(This story has been updated to include new information) Power was restored to nearly 12,000 PGE customers in south Salem around 7:15 p.m. on May 24, after going out around 2:49 p.m. in the 97306 Zip code and impacting traffic lights, businesses and residences. The outage was caused by equipment at a substation...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The man who was shot by a security guard near a preschool in Southwest Portland in early May has died, according to police. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said Saturday that the Wilsonville man, identified as 32-year-old Manuel Castillo Garza IV, died at the hospital Friday night. His family has...

The braindead masses in Salem are attempting to pass cap and trade once again. As a modest proposal, I suggest implementing a cap and trade system for murder. Every year that you do not kill someone, the government gives you a certificate verifying that you did not commit murder. The government will also operate a...