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Rain forecast in Oregon for next 8-14 days as wetter, cooler conditions return
Rain is finally returning to Oregon. After an extended dry period, upwards of an inch is possible in the Willamette Valley from Thursday into the weekend, while 1-2 inches of rain is possible in the Coast Range and Cascade mountains. ...
April showers return Thursday to Portland, continue to May
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — April showers will ramp up around the Portland-Vancouver metro area Thursday with the next major spring front. Steady rain will likely start before sunrise along the Willamette Valley. Not only will cloudy skies and wet weather return, but cooler temperatures will return to the region. Afternoon highs will sit nearly 20 degrees below Tuesday’s high of 78. That makes forecasts highs fall in the upper 50s. Those cooler-than-average temperatures will continue through the first half of the weekend.
Fire District extinguishes early morning Monmouth fire
The Polk County Fire District No. 1 was dispatched to a report of an apartment fire with a possible trapped victim April 19 at 8:07 a.m. According to PCFD, units arrived on the scene at 8:11 a.m. with smoke and flames showing from an upstairs apartment on Clay Street in Monmouth. The apartment occupant met firefighters outside and reported that she had been alone in the apartment with her two dogs, one of which had run out of the apartment with her. Nobody else was inside the apartment.
Warehouse fire could smolder for days
FINLEY – A warehouse fire that erupted early Sunday at Lineage Logistics, 224905 East Bowles Road in Finley, is expected to smolder for days. Shifting winds carried smoke Monday to surrounding areas. Benton County Emergency Services advises residents in the surrounding areas to remain indoors and refrain from using...
City of Corvallis receives $664,000 grant towards a new Transportation Safety Action Plan
The grant will be matched with $166,000 from The City to address gaps in traffic safety-related resources. City of Corvallis receives $664,000 grant towards new Transportation Safety Action Plan. A $6640,000 grant to the City of Corvallis will be matched with $166,000 from the city to address gaps in traffic...
Planet Palooza celebrates Earth Day and sustainable solutions
A coalition of marchers 130 strong wearing paper mache animal masks paraded to the beat of a drum in Chintimini Park in Corvallis for Planet Palooza, an event on Saturday, April 20 committed to celebrating Earth Day and the sustainability efforts of Corvallis. The event, which lasted the afternoon, consisted...
Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Market first weekend sees great turnout
ALBANY & CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Markets saw huge turnouts for the first day of their 2024 market season on April 20. In Corvallis, hundreds of people gathered to visit around 50 booths that were set up along 1st Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.. At the...
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