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Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter sat in front of a panel of Oregon state lawmakers near the start of the 2026 legislative session. He wore a black uniform, a gold star-shaped badge pinned to his chest and “N. Hunter” name tag embroidered in all capital letters across the front.

Employee-owned discounter Bi-Mart will close its five Cascade Farm and Outdoor locations in Oregon and Washington this spring to focus on its flagship Bi-Mart discount chain. Cascade Farm and Outdoor operates four stores in Oregon in Coos Bay, Keizer, Hood River, and Springfield, and one in Washington in Walla Walla....

Oregon’s public health officials are urging families to get vaccinated after measles was detected in the wastewater of six Oregon counties. Just a handful of cases have been confirmed so far, but OHA’S Director of Communicable Disease and Immunization, Dr. Howard Chiou, said health officials have declared an outbreak...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Yamhill County, Ore. – A high-speed DUI crash on Highway 18 injured multiple people Friday night, prompting a multi-agency emergency response near the Yamhill/Polk County line. According to the Yamhill...

Ellen Yin is taking her next business step south into Benton County. Yin, a Salem-based entrepreneur, recently acquired a clothing resale store in Corvallis with her husband, Dustin Nelson, and said she’s preparing to reshape what customers there have known the business for in the past. Yin is also the founder and...

Marion County has again rejected an application to reopen a controversial waste dumping pit on farmland in Aurora. Greg Wing, of Hubbard-based All-Ways Excavating, constructed and operated the pit, beginning in the fall of 2023, charging $300 per load to accept waste from industrial vacuum excavation, or vactor...

Tucked away in McMinnville, Oregon is a museum that makes the Smithsonian look like it’s not even trying. The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is the kind of place that makes you wonder why it isn’t more famous than it already is. Let’s get something straight right from...

The attorney defending Newberg resident Vasiliy Barbiyeru Jr. has alerted the court that her client may well have been mentally unstable when he attacked his father with a knife in December. In mid-January, defense counsel Alicia Eagan filed a motion alerting the court and prosecutor Gregory Jones of her “intent...

An 18-year-old Philomath man was arrested Thursday morning at Philomath Academy on multiple felony charges that included attempted murder, Oregon State Police reported. Aedyn Michael Williamson was taken into custody on an arrest warrant for attempted murder, first-degree attempted assault, unlawful use of a weapon...

If you’re looking for a world-class vineyard experience, there’s no need to learn French, renew your passport, book a flight or even drive to California. That’s because, according to a new list from World’s Best Vineyards, two of the top 50 wineries on Earth are in the Willamette Valley.