Oregon DEQ has extended and expanded an air quality advisory and smoke warning to cover nearly half the state as wildfire ...

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The hottest temperatures of the year are expected to hit Oregon this week, with temperatures threatening triple digits in the Willamette Valley and across the state. It’s been a somewhat cooler summer ...

Police are investigating a Keizer man's death as a homicide after he was found dead in his home, Keizer Police Department said. Walter Arthur Peca, 59, was found dead shortly before 10 a.m. July 17 ...

Oregon's wildfire season has kicked into high gear with 25 active blazes that total more than 350,000 acres, with the largest burning in central, eastern and southern parts of the state. Hot and dry ...

The 27th Oregon Hoopla, one of the nation's largest 3-on-3 street basketball tournaments, is taking place in Salem. The week-long festival features various basketball competitions, including 1-on-1, 2 ...

A 20-year-old man from Hawaii was rescued at Toketee Falls on July 17 after injuring himself while cliff jumping, apparently partaking in an online subculture of young people performing dangerous ...

Soren Jensen and Kristen Yax, both from Tucson, Arizona, won the men's and women's titles at the Ironman 70.3 Oregon in Salem. Top finishers, including Jensen and Yax, qualified for the Ironman 70.3 ...

William Harry Bailey was reported to have fallen overboard from a pontoon boat and disappeared beneath the water at about 2:17 p.m., officials said. Bailey was at a family reunion and they rented the ...

The City of Salem will close several streets around the Oregon State Capitol for the annual Hoopla 3-on-3 basketball tournament from July 20 to 26. Street closures beginning at 6 p.m. July 20 include ...

After more than a yearlong delay, the completion date of the 1,100,000-square-foot Dollar General warehouse in southeast Salem appears to be nearing. According to staff in Salem's Community Planning ...

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