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Salem, Ore. — Salem Police officers took swift action on March 27, apprehending two women involved in a retail theft incident at the Willamette Town Center mall complex. The incident occurred at the Ulta Beauty Store at 831 Lancaster DR NE, where a woman entered the store with a shopping bag and allegedly took approximately $5,000 worth of merchandise before leaving without paying.

LINN COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) – The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says a man is in custody after driving through a business and hitting an employee Monday. Deputies responded at 4:22 p.m. to the 3800 block of Mason Road in Albany after receiving reports of a disturbance. Authorities arrived,...

Lebanon, Ore. — The Lebanon Fire District has been responding to an unusually high number of fires in the area. Within a span of fewer than 48 hours, the District has responded to three fires in Lebanon and one in Sweet Home. The first two fires occurred on March 26 in Lebanon. Crews had to battle a blaze in a pole barn full of RVs, cars, and other obstacles, and later, a fully-engulfed RV in a rural part of the District.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters from Lebanon were kept unusually busy over the weekend and into the work week. PAST COVERAGE | Lebanon shop destroyed in Sunday morning fire, cause remains under investigation. Firefighters dealt with three fires within their district and aided Sweet Home when they had a structure...

LEBANON, Ore. -- After a car crashed into the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce building earlier in March, staff are working to repair the damage while the suspected culprit awaits legal proceedings. In the early morning of March 1, a car crashed into the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce building and caused...

The Salem-Keizer School District and Oregon's education department have been notified they will be facing a lawsuit from teachers and staff over injuries they've suffered caused by students.

State environmental regulators have fined the city of Silverton $42,130 for exceeding permitted effluent limits at its wastewater treatment facility, endangering aquatic life in Silver Creek. The Department of Environmental Quality also cited the city, without a financial penalty, for repeatedly submitting incorrect water testing results. Silverton discharges treated wastewater...

Two Oregon residents were arrested on several charges last week after a curious set of occurrences in the area of the Chevron station at the base of Janesville Grade. According to details released by the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office, at around 7:00p.m. on March 17th, Sheriff’s Dispatch received reports of a reckless driver in an SUV traveling north on US 395 in the area of County Road A3 near Janesville.

LEBANON, Ore. — The Lebanon Fire District responded to a structure fire Sunday morning, sending 19 firefighters to the scene. Officials say the call came in at 10:09 a.m. and when units arrived, they found smoke and fire coming from the 36x36 shop. Firefighters were able to gain access...

The residents of a 55-and-older mobile home park pooled together their resources to help pay the way for Robbin McMain to make the five-hour drive from Brookings to Salem on Monday so she could urge lawmakers to further limit how much landlords can raise rents. “I came here today to...

Grant County will clear brush and remove invasive grasses that could ignite. Officials in Oregon’s Grant County plan to remove flammable brush from roadsides along 308 miles of roads that serve as wildfire evacuation routes, with the assistance of a $9.9 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. The funds will allow the county to buy a John Deere tractor equipped to remove roadside fuels, and will also pay for herbicide application over invasive grasses in the county. Unlike some federally funded efforts, this program seeks to address wildfire risk both on public lands and in privately managed areas. “Wildfire does not recognize boundaries, so it can burn from federal land onto private land or private to federal land,” said Irene Jerome, fire protection coordinator for Grant County. (Neil Nispersos/Blue Mountain Eagle)

Northbound traffic is expected to be backed up on Interstate 5 south of the Donald-Aurora interchange for several hours after a semi-truck caught fire Tuesday morning, officials said.

A 68-year-old Salem man died Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 138W near milepost 19, according to Oregon State Police. Jose Cortez Hurtado was driving an International Box Truck eastbound on Highway 138W when the truck went across the road and partially onto the westbound shoulder, police said. The truck veered back across the road and onto the eastbound shoulder where it hit a tree, police said.

We haul lime to farmers south of town from Salem and deal with this situation daily from June to August. I have got to the point that we use the inside lane because of the parking, cars park and not close enough to the curb and it squeezes use with cars in the passing lane, also they open doors without checking traffic. We've been fortunate not to have an accident. I knew this was coming but wondered how it would be done without removing buildings. Thanks for the time. Gene Ferschweiler Gervais

Denise and Hunter welcome back Bob Snyder for a mid-campaign update on 40 Days for Life Salem. Later in the show, Derek LeBlanc shares his insights and experience testifying before the legislature to provide accurate information to lawmakers regarding 4 bad gun bills that are wending their way through the process. He made a passionate call to action to all of us who value freedom and liberty to contact your legislator and provide written testimony on HB 2005, 2006, 2007, and SB 348.

Capitol Auto's Arthur Lyter is awarded the Philanthropic Achievement Award. Capitol Subaru Celebrates Donation to the United Way: L-R Alex Casebeer; Chi Nguyen; Rhonda Wolf (UWMWV); Jeff Shutt; and Matthew Casebeer. Toyota Employees Celebrate Donation to United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley2023. 2023 Capitol Chevrolet Celebrates Donation to the United...

Five years after it was adopted, Albany’s law on excluding “persistent” criminals from the central part of town has proved either useless or unnecessary. Either way, it is not being applied. The ordinance came up briefly at the city council meeting on March 23 when one of...

Drivers traveling through downtown Salem can expect lane restrictions on Court Street starting Tuesday. City crews are nearing completion of the monthlong process of converting a portion of the road into a two-way street. Lane restrictions are expected beginning Tuesday. Final lane adjustments are expected to be complete by Thursday...

The fields around the Pacific Northwest are coming to life, and it's especially evident out in Clackamas County.

One more casualty of the pandemic has made a comeback, and it’s a welcome one for scores of Woodburn-area seniors. Last week organizers announced the grand re-opening of the North Marion Adult Center, formerly the Woodburn Senior Center, which was held on Friday, March 17, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1036 E Lincoln St., Woodburn. WSC operated at Woodburn United Methodist Church from fall of 2015 through early 2020 when...