Blue River, OR

OAKRIDGE, Ore. -- Oakridge Police Department is calling in reinforcements to help with staffing shortages. For the next five weeks, officers from the Coburg Police Department will help patrol streets and respond to service calls. “It's pretty bad. We have some people in the hiring process so I'm hoping the...

On June 25, 2022 at approximately 6:58 PM, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash on Hwy 20 near milepost 55, approximately 25 miles east of Sweet Home. Preliminary investigation revealed a westbound blue Harley Davidson Electra Glide, operated by Mark Nelson (57) of Lebanon, lost control and crashed into the westbound embankment. Nelson sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. OSP was assisted by Sweet Home Fire Department and ODOT.

Neurology, the study and treatment of disorders of the nervous system, in early-1970s veterinary medicine always seemed like a waste of time to me. In school, we seemed to spend untold hours learning detailed anatomy of the brain and nervous system. We could intervene in some things, like spinal injuries. But the viral diseases of the brain and even the bacterial infections were tough nuts to crack.

Barbecuing may be a Fourth of July tradition, but this Independence Day weekend, the 2022 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff is taking it to a whole new level. This year’s three-day event, which is free for the public on Saturday, July 2, beginning at 1 p.m., will feature live music, an evening fireworks show and, of course, barbecue, all at Radiator Supply House, 1460 47th Ave.

On June 25, 2022 at approximately 6:58 PM, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash on Hwy 20 near milepost 55, approximately 25 miles east of Sweet Home. Preliminary investigation revealed a westbound blue Harley Davidson Electra Glide, operated by Mark Nelson (57)...

A motorcyclist died Sunday evening in a crash along Highway 20 east of Sweet Home. Oregon State Police and first responders were called out just before 7 p.m. on reports of a motorcycle crash on Highway 20 near milepost 55, about 25 miles east of Sweet Home. Investigators say that...

57-year-old Mark Nelson died after he allegedly lost control of his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and crashed on Highway 20 near Sweet Home on Saturday, authorities said.

A Lebanon man has died following a motorcycle crash on Highway 20 in Linn County, according to a news release from the Oregon State Police. At around 6:58 p.m. Saturday, June 25, OSP Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash on Highway 20 near milepost 55, about 25 miles east of Sweet Home.

Ammon Knight knows how it feels to be intelligent and yet not have a language to communicate from within. It wasn’t until he started painting that he was able to find his language, and now he wants to help others find theirs. “I can’t tell you how debilitative it...