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The body of a two-year-old boy who vanished from his yard in Oregon over a week ago has been found. Dane Paulsen's remains ...

Voters will decide on bonds and levies in the May election for Salem, Chemeketa Community College, Polk County, Dallas, Stayton, Hubbard and Aumsville ...

A rail car carrying garbage caught fire as a train was making its way through Kelso Tuesday night, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue ...

I was born and raised in the Willamette Valley and believe that we preserve and protect the places we love. My husband and I ...

The city's consultant says 80% of Oregon Hill parcels don't conform to current zoning rules. Critics say that’s because the ...

The fire displaced two residents of a nearby home, caused a brief evacuation of an apartment building and threatened a ...

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers asked the agency to halt a plan to kill 450,000 barred owls along the West Coast.

Easygoing small towns, forest-framed beaches, and an unhurried way of life are far removed from the world of hipsters and ...

Even though Harrisburg officials thought it was OK for their Public Works director to live rent-free on this city property, ...