Polk County has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars from its general fund into keeping its fairgrounds in Rickreall open for years. Now, the board of commissioners is considering the drastic step ...

Spooky season is in full swing, and Spirit Halloween stores have opened throughout Oregon. The costume and Halloween décor outlet took advantage of recent bankruptcies that have left locations that ...

The Oregon Secretary of State's Office plans to conduct 10 audits of state agencies in the 2027 fiscal year, including the Oregon Youth Authority and the Oregon Department of Transportation. The ...

Efforts to get a stranded humpback whale back into the ocean on Nov. 17 have failed, leaving wildlife officials with limited options except euthanasia, multiple officials said. A pulley system set up ...

Popular fast food chain Jollibee has opened its first Oregon location at 10875 NE Cornell Road in Hillsboro. The Filipino chain, whose U.S. operations are based in West Covina just east of Los Angeles ...

A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a vehicle in south Salem Jan. 15, police said. The incident marks the first fatal crash of 2026 within city limits. Sean Elliott Mobley, 37, was riding a ...

U.S. News and World Report released its ranking of the best regional hospitals in the U.S., and several from Oregon made the list. The best regional hospitals ranking has been conducted annually since ...

About 1,700 homes and businesses in South Salem lost power after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole just before noon on Jan. 21, according to Portland General Electric. The outage led the Salem ...

Highway 551 reopened just after 9:30 p.m. Nov. 28 west of Aurora after a crash, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. The closure was at the intersection with Keil Road, just south of ...

A federal judge has indicated she will order the Trump administration to use contingency funds to pay for food assistance benefits in Oregon and other states. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said ...

Highway 18 was closed near Grand Ronde on Jan. 5 after a crash. The Oregon Department of Transportation reported the crash about 4 miles west of Grand Ronde at 1:45 p.m. TripCheck showed all lanes ...

Oregonians may be waking up to bitter cold temperatures this week, but despite a commonly held belief, your car doesn't need to warm up on cold mornings, especially if it was manufactured after 1980, ...