The Senate approved legislation this morning creating the Pacific Northwest Manufacturing Partnership Advisory Committee (PNMP), a consortium dedicated to accelerating the resurgence of manufacturing in the region.
Travelers may experience delays on a 10-mile stretch of Highway 18 in the H.B. Van Duzer State Scenic Corridor while crews remove unhealthy trees. Oregon Department of Transportation will be working under an agreement with Oregon Parks and Recreation Department on the three-day project, set for Feb. 24-26
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will award four South Coast bay clam dive permits on April 11, 2015 at ODFW headquarters in Salem.
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley will present Congressional Gold Medals at a special ceremony in Portland on Monday, Feb. 16, to four Oregon families for the World War II service of their loved one.
Today, the Oregon House of Representatives passed a landmark class action reform bill that will increase corporate accountability and provide funds for legal services for vulnerable Oregonians.
After winning games against George Fox University and University of Puget Sound this past weekend, the Willamette University men's basketball team has moved into a tie for fourth place in the Northwest Conference standings. The Bearcats will take on the third place team, Lewis & Clark College, on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Cone Field House.
Oregon State Police are investigating a fatal head on crash that occured this afternoon on highway 22W at milepost 6.5, near Red Prairie Road in Polk County. Preliminary information indicates shortly before 4:30 p.m., a green, 1995 Plymouth Neon, was westbound on highway 22W near Red Prairie Road overtaking another vehicle in the oncoming lane.
Oregon State Police troopers are continuing the investigation into Sunday morning's single vehicle fatality crash on SR 240 near milepost 6 in Coos Bay. On February 8, 2015, at 10:39 a.m., OSP troopers were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover crash on Highway 240 near milepost 6.
Salem Fire Chief Mike Niblock met with employees of the Pioneer Trust Bank in downtown Salem, Oregon on February 5, 2015 to recognize their lifesaving actions during a recent medical emergency at their business. On January 2, employees from the Pioneer Trust Bank called 9-1-1 to report one of their customers was in cardiac arrest. The customer, a 78 year old man, was conducting business in the bank when he suddenly collapsed.
UPDATE: The Oregon Stae Police Bomb Sqaud has deemed the package safe. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies are interviewing a person of interest. Police are clearing the area, and traffic can return to normal.
Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Police Bomb Squad are currently on scene and investigating a report of a suspicious package. The package was found on the 5th floor of the Court House Square Building, located at 555 Court Street NE, in Salem.