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At third meeting, Kotek’s transportation workgroup invited lawmakers to discuss their priorities and policy ideas they want to include in 2027 SALEM — Bi...
CAMAS — The Camas Lions Club is proud to announce the successful delivery of a custom 3D-printed toddler mobility trainer to Amelia, a young girl from Sale...
SALEM — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced new criminal charges Tuesday against four people the state alleges stole taxpayer money and victimiz...
Longtime Salem insider Chip Terhune scored a great gig. Last month, without warning, he was gone.
Nonaffiliated voters are Oregon’s largest voting bloc, but making the ballot without a party is an uphill battle Jason Faler spends most of his weekends co...
SALEM - A network outage is affecting many state government agencies, including the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). TripCheck, Commerce and Compl...
A 42-year-old Wenatchee man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his “significant other” was arrested Friday in Salem, Oregon.
One of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s top economic advisers on Monday suggested that a new economic prosperity effort the governor championed last year could rec...
SALEM — Travel Oregon’s new report shows the tourism industry is alive and well and has a significant financial benefit to each county in the state. Tour...
SALEM — A member of state Rep. Greg Smith’s reelection campaign filed a campaign finance investigation request less than a month before the primary elect...
Motorcycle Awareness Month kicks off with a call for safety and remembrance at the Oregon capitol this weekend.
SALEM — The Oregon State Fire Marshal announced it began mobilizing structural protection task forces and its Red Incident Management Team to combat the Lo...
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Audit finds Oregon Department of Corrections suffering from staff shortages, aging systems
A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was found in an Oregon thrift store could fetch more than $150,000 in an auction clo...
Oregon among states that won court order pausing Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal
Claudia Laws shares her experience of shearing sheep as she achieved a milestone on her 40 things to do before 40 list, learning lessons and embracing challe...
WESTON — Firefighters on Saturday, July 18, achieved 100% containment on the almost 8,100-acre wildfire near Weston. The Oregon State Fire Marshal Red Inci...
ELGIN — Reecse Ripsom, of Joseph, is the 2027 Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon. The Miss Rodeo Oregon Inc. Foundation announced on July 14 the winners of the 2027...
Fires throughout Central Oregon spread overnight Friday into Saturday, causing the Oregon State Fire Marshal to issue an emergency conflagration act. The act...
A controversial initiative petition to ban killing or harming animals in Oregon with almost no exceptions may not qualify for the November ballot. The petiti...
On the fifth and final day of a weeklong trial between the wholesale distribution industry and the state, recycling experts poked holes in one another’s re...
Last week’s column featured a September 14, 1844, letter from John Sutter to Peter Lassen, wherein he mentioned a visit by 40 Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Nez...
Neal Burtis says facing college hitters with the Corvallis Knights is helping him get ready for his freshman season at Oregon State.
Oregon behavioral health service providers sound the alarm about state's $421M Medicaid shortfall
Brett Thomas and I share an interest — obsession is perhaps not an exaggeration — with the 1960 Anthony Burn. Until the era of “megafires” arrived in...
JOHN DAY — State and federal firefighting agencies are battling several lightning-caused fires in Grant County. Oregon Department of Forestry public inform...
PENDLETON — A crash Thursday morning, July 16, has closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 at Exit 202 near Pendleton. The Oregon Department of Transpo...
Blackfoot senior Kasen Sorensen drives into the lane during a game against Preston on Saturday, January 31, at Blackfoot High School.
Drew Rasmussen goes back to Oregon State with the star catcher, and Bryan Baker worked with him in Baltimore. Could more reunions be ahead?
Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. A determined biologist has single-handedly rescued a fragile p...
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Salem is in Polk County, Oregon.
Region: Oregon
97301, 97302, 97303, 97304, 97305, 97306, 97308, 97309, 97310, 97311, 97312, 97314, 97317
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Audit finds Oregon Department of Corrections suffering from staff shortages, aging systems
A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was found in an Oregon thrift store could fetch more than $150,000 in an auction clo...
Oregon among states that won court order pausing Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal
Claudia Laws shares her experience of shearing sheep as she achieved a milestone on her 40 things to do before 40 list, learning lessons and embracing challe...
WESTON — Firefighters on Saturday, July 18, achieved 100% containment on the almost 8,100-acre wildfire near Weston. The Oregon State Fire Marshal Red Inci...
ELGIN — Reecse Ripsom, of Joseph, is the 2027 Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon. The Miss Rodeo Oregon Inc. Foundation announced on July 14 the winners of the 2027...
Fires throughout Central Oregon spread overnight Friday into Saturday, causing the Oregon State Fire Marshal to issue an emergency conflagration act. The act...
A controversial initiative petition to ban killing or harming animals in Oregon with almost no exceptions may not qualify for the November ballot. The petiti...
On the fifth and final day of a weeklong trial between the wholesale distribution industry and the state, recycling experts poked holes in one another’s re...
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