Salem OR

The Corvallis School Board voted 6-1 to close Letitia Carson Elementary and Cheldelin Middle Schools, effective next school year. The decision also includes moving sixth grade to elementary schools, changing Mountain View Elementary to a K-8 school and redrawing boundaries for schools near Letitia Carson. "It does...

MOUNT HOOD FOREST, Ore. (KATU) — The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team has transitioned to a recovery mission in the area where Devon Dobek, 51, of Hubbard, is believed to have been hunting. Dobek was reported missing on Oct. 31 after failing to return from a...

Rogue Ales & Spirits closed its operations in Newport and all its restaurants — including the recently opened Rogue Salem Public House — suddenly on Nov. 14. The Lincoln Chronicle reported that the 37-year-old business owed $545,000 in back rent to the Port of Newport and up to $30,000 in taxes to Lincoln County. The...

The Woodburn City Council has temporarily halted the use of the Flock Safety camera system following resident concerns raised during a recent council meeting. According to KPTV, the city will suspend the license plate–reading cameras for at least 60 days while a full review is conducted. At the meeting,...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Portland, OR – Western Oregon may enter a cool, wet, and potentially wintry pattern during the Thanksgiving travel window, as long-range federal outlooks point to a near-normal precipitation signal, leaving...

Traffic cameras at four Albany intersections yielded 747 tickets last month, the vast majority of them for speed violations. The average speed on all those tickets was 35.1 miles an hour. The camera flashes actually went off far more often. They recorded 2,789 “events,” but most of those resulted in...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A judge blocked the state from enforcing new caseload requirements for public defenders on Friday. Public defenders in Marion County argued in court that new contracts with the state would require public defenders to take on hundreds of cases to the point where it would make it impossible to...

A Salem woman died in a two-vehicle crash near Amity Thursday, Oregon State Police said. Jamie Lynn Price, 45, crossed into oncoming traffic around 5:30 p.m. while driving southbound on Highway 153 in a Hyundai accent, then crashed head-on into a Chevrolet Bolt that was going in the opposite direction, police said in...

Not long ago, American Chardonnay was little more than buttery, over-oaked liquid mass produced in California. The stuff coming from Burgundy and elsewhere in the Old World grabbed the headlines, but mostly, the homegrown stuff was seen as flabby and second-tier. With the exception of the occasional producer who...

In a surprising turn of events, the hotdog vendor who has been a staple in the downtown area has suddenly disappeared. The vendor, who was a constant presence for a while, has left many locals puzzled and disappointed with their sudden absence. The vendor's disappearance has sparked a lively discussion on social...