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UPDATE: Subject who died in officer involved shooting identified as Bruce Lee Steward, 34 years old of Colton. At 10:31 this morning a male called 911 from a residence in the 29000 block of S. Wall St. in Colton. The male caller told dispatchers that someone had been stabbed.

UPDATE: Corvallis Police have positively identified the victim in the Alan B. Berg Park homicide as 42 year old Kimberly Theresa Hakes of Corvallis. Hakes was killed sometime before 10:30am in the park where she was camping. 

“Many drivers are noticing spikes in gas prices for the first time in months. The national average for regular unleaded jumps 12 cents this week to $2.19 a gallon. Oregon’s average shoots up 13 cents to $2.26 a gallon.

Governor John Kitzhaber, Oregon's 37th Governor will resign in disgrace. He announced today that he will resign effective Wed. Feb. !8. Senate President Peter Courtney had this to say,“He served in the Oregon House as a Representative. He served in the Oregon State Senate. He was the President of the Oregon State Senate for a record number of years.

During the late evening hours of Sunday, February 1, 2015, 4 downtown Albany businesses were forcibly entered and property was taken. One business had surveillance video which captured images of the suspect.

Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a head-on crash on highway 97 near milepost 123, in Redmond. Preliminary information indicates that shortly before 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, February 11, a silver Dodge 2500 pickup, driven by Troy J. Schaffner, 27, of Redmond,

Recently, the Oregon State Police has taken reports from people who have been scammed out of money by people posing as law enforcement officers on the telephone.

Yesterday, Gustavo Villanueva (DOB 10/12/1970) was sentenced on the charge of Manslaughter in the First Degree for his participation in the death of his wife, Maribel Gutierrez-Salinas (DOB 2/8/1974). The Honorable Dale W. Penn sentenced Gustavo Villanueva to a term of 180 months in the Department of Corrections followed by a term of Post Prison Supervision (20 years minus time served).

Salem Mayor Anna Peterson will give her annual State of the City Address at noon, Feb. 18, at the Salem Convention Center, 200 Commercial Street SE. The mayor said her speech would highlight accomplishments of the past year, but its emphasis would be on an action plan for 2015.

Representative Brad Witt released a statement following the latest job growth report from the Oregon Department of Employment.