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A dog left in a parked truck during the midday heat east of Woodburn died on Sunday, and investigators say its body was later carried behind a local bar and dumped. Marion County deputies believe they know who was involved and are now asking the public to help track them down.

LEBANON, Ore. — Lebanon Fire District made quick work of a two-acre grass fire on Monday, June 15. Firefighters were dispatched around 5 p.m. to reports of a small natural cover fire in the 35900 block of KGAL Road. While en route, the Battalion Chief witnessed a large smoke column and immediately upgraded the incident

When Kenneth Hass was languishing in a seclusion room at Oregon State Hospital in October 2024, a social worker paid him a visit and wrote a report about what he saw. Among the social worker’s observations: Hass habitually urinated and defecated in his bed. He had never been out of seclusion for more than 48 hours at a

In honor of Father’s Day, here are Newberg fathers and kids working in wine together. My track and field event in high school was the 3,000-meter race — no one wanted to run it because it was 7½ grueling laps around the track. At full speed. One...

Spinning vinyl on a turntable seemed like it might go the way of Dodo Bird, swept away in a tidal wave of technological advances. But that’s not what happened. Vinyl records are back, baby, and the proof of it is all around the musical landscape. Don’t believe it? Well, venture over to Frankie’s Records, a new used rec

The Albany Planning Commission Monday approved the conversion of a historic house in the Monteith District into a substance-abuse treatment center. The commission approved a conditional use permit sought by the current owners of the Sternberg House, 506 Ferry St. SW. I watched the meeting on Zoom. As far as...

A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving a Mercedes SUV on SW Scholls Ferry Road near the intersection of SW Hillsboro Highway on Monday afternoon.

With the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers rivalry becoming more of an on-again, off-again affair instead of a conference matchup, both programs appear committed to continuing the rivalry.

NEWBERG, Ore. — Newberg’s free summer concert series returns for a five-week run as Tunes on Tuesday comes back to the Chehalem Cultural Center Plaza starting June 23. “I’m ‘gidd-ily’ looking forward to it,” said Scott Parker, executive director of the Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce. “Each concert last year drew c

Reducing wildfire risk was the emphasis of an event through the Aurora Fire District in May. The District held a community wood chipping event at its new Ehlen Road Fire Station, made possible through funding provided by the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office Community Wildland Risk Reduction Grant. The...