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LANE COUNTY, Ore. — Over $30 million in federal funding will go to the Oregon Department of Transport's (ODOT) construction of dual-lane roundabouts on Highway 126 at Huston Road and Ellmaker Road in rural Lane County. Senator Ron Wyden…

SALEM, Ore. — The body found in the Salem Business District on January 3, regarded as a suspicious death, has been identified. The Salem Police Department confirmed yesterday that the death of Priscilla Joann Aldana, 43, of Salem, is…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Senator Ron Wyden have thrown their weight behind the massive nurses' strike that began this morning after months of failed negotiations for better pay and working conditions at Providence…

On Thursday, 15 Oregon strike teams arrived in Los Angeles, California, to help with the wildfires. Eleven of the teams started working on Friday morning. Oregon Firefighters In California Three hundred firefighters and 75…

A woman who smuggled drugs into a Sheridan federal prison containing a substance 20 to 50 times more potent than morphine was sentenced yesterday to two-and-a-half years behind bars. Robynn Regina Cunningham (52) smuggled Suboxone,…

Oregon is losing two Macy’s stores and a branch of Kohl’s this year. Macy’s in Hillsboro and Salem Will Close The two Macy’s stores closing doors are The Streets of Tanasbourne at 2055 NE Allie Avenue in Hillsboro and the Salem…

Nominations for the next Oregon Teacher of the Year are now open. Oregon Teacher Of The Year Nominations The Oregon Department of Education has partnered with the Oregon Lottery to find an Oregon teacher to be the state’s face…

Oregon State Forester Cal Mukumoto has resigned from his $237,288 post amid budgetary criticism and allegations of mismanagement. His resignation, effective from January 23, was announced by Jim Kelly, chair of the Board of Forestry…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek extended the homelessness state of emergency, which she declared on her first day in office on Thursday for the third year.  Despite several interventions by the state, Oregon’s homelessness rates remain one of…

Convicted murderer Mark J. Wilson has been released to supervision in Multnomah County after serving 35 years for his role in the notorious killing of a Terrebonne couple in 1987. Wilson (55) walked out free from an Oregon prison…