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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former volleyball coach at McNary High School died on Sunday after a single-car crash, Oregon State Police announced. Kellie Scholl, 53, was the volleyball coach at McNary from 2012-2016, according to Salem-Keizer Public Schools. The crash occurred around 11 a.m. near milepost 68 in Linn...

CANBY, Ore. (KPTV) - An explosion at a commercial building has triggered Level 3: Go Now! evacuation orders in Canby. Canby Fire says three employees were inside the building at the time of the explosion, and no one was killed. All three employees were evacuated, with one taken to the...

A late-night chase through Northeast Portland ended with a Multnomah County sheriff's SUV being hit head-on by a Woodburn driver in handcuffs early Saturday, authorities said. Deputies and Portland Police Bureau officers used spike strips and a short foot chase to reel in the driver, and neither deputy in the patrol...

A long running skirmish between the city of Newberg and a pair of Portland-area contractors responsible for constructing Crestview Crossing appears to be over. The Newberg City Council voted unanimously Jan. 29 to settle with Newberg Crestview LLC and its subsidiary, Spring Meadow South LLC, after the contractors...

After dark on Sunday night seems an unusual time for a utility contractor to be working. But that was the case on Seventh Avenue between Takena and Elm streets. I happened on the scene on my way somewhere else and didn’t find out just why the crew was hard at work at that unusual time. I assume the reason may be that...

SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs (ODVA) is set to host its first quarterly Advisory Committee meeting of 2026 virtually on March 4. The meeting will start at 9 a.m., followed by a public town hall at 11:30 a.m. The Advisory Committee, established in 1945, plays a...

NEWBERG Ore. (KPTV) - A person was hurt in a two-alarm house fire in rural Newberg on Saturday night, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Just after 8 p.m., crews were sent to a house on Old Parrett Mountain Road. The 911 caller said the kitchen was on fire, and firefighters arrived to find the house engulfed...

Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics purchased the former RAM Restaurant & Brewery property more than two months ago but has declined to disclose plans for the site. “The current plan for the site is additional parking, with no further plans announced at this time,” Salem Health spokeswoman Lisa Wood wrote in an email to...

Depoe Bay, Oregon – Two men accused of carrying out an armed bank robbery along the Oregon coast are now in custody after law enforcement recovered more than $50,000 in stolen cash and seized multiple weapons. Authorities say the suspects attempted to evade capture by switching vehicles and setting one car on fire...

A Salem woman, who says she’s an American citizen, claims federal agents dragged her from her car and assaulted her.