Salem OR

Tucked away in Salem, Oregon, the Best Little Roadhouse has become a local legend for combining two things most people never expect to find together: mouthwatering steaks and an 18-hole mini golf course. This isn’t your typical stuffy steakhouse where you sit quietly and leave. Families, friends, and couples...

A routine day in Woodburn turned tense when a couple of locked-out federal immigration agents found themselves ringed by neighbors in a KeyBank parking lot, then followed out of town by a caravan of cars, according to witnesses. Video and on-the-ground accounts show roughly 60 people converging on the lot, blowing...

Salem Police will apply for a $130,993 grant from the federal STOP Violence Against Women Act. The money will allow the Domestic Violence Response Team to continue to operate. What it will do. The grant program funds projects to develop and strengthen strategies to end violent crimes against women. The money will pay...

SALEM, OR — Marion County has submitted two additional comment letters urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revise its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Willamette Valley System, citing major deficiencies in the agency’s analysis of water quality, local infrastructure impacts, and...

As lawmakers search for a funding solution for the Oregon Department of Transportation, an Oregon Journalism Project analysis of Oregon bridge data shows that only 6% of the state’s bridges are in poor condition. Of the 7,183 Oregon bridges used by motor vehicles, 425 are classified as “poor,” meaning...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Residents in Woodburn say they are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to immigration enforcement in the city. A confrontation on Jan. 5 caught on camera between two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and protestors showed one officer telling protestors he...

While the Beavers have found most of their success at home under Wayne Tinkle, things did not shake out in Oregon State's favor on Saturday night in Corvallis,

Photograph and MMIP activist Amanda Freeman stands before two portraits on Jan. 14, 2026,, showing women with physical or painted red hands covering their mouths. Freeman says there are many interpretations of this symbol, including the message that no one should be silent in talking about Missing and Murdered...

As we head into the next stretch of our forecast, we're keeping a close eye on how things are shaping up here in the Willamette Valley and surrounding areas. For much of the early part of the week, we're expecting a strong ridge of high pressure to keep things relatively stable. This means we'll likely see some...

If you get a traffic ticket in Albany — and it’s your first — you can probably go to traffic school now no matter what your age. City leaders formally adopted an ordinance this week to eliminate age limits for a traffic school diversion program. It’s been...