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The series will prepare students and community members to become capable, knowledgeable professional dog training instructors.
(September 15, 2014, 4:00 am) SALEM, Ore.
The Willamette Humane Society in Salem has announced its partnership with Chemeketa Community College, and instructor, Catherine Steinke, CPDT-KA, to host a series of community education courses this fall.
The focus of this detail is to raise pedestrian safety awareness of drivers and pedestrians through education and enforcement of pedestrian right of way laws.
(September 15, 2014, 3:02 am) WOOD VILLAGE, Ore.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office will commence "Operation Undercover Crossing" on Monday from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Workers' compensation pays injured workers for lost wages and medical care for job-related injuries.
(September 15, 2014, 3:00 am) SALEM, Ore.
Oregon workers' compensation costs will decrease an average 5.3 percent in 2015, according to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
A new survey found that approximately 17.6 million Americans were victims of a phone scam in the past 12 months, and lost an average of $488.80.
(September 14, 2014, 3:40 pm) VANCOUVER, Wash.
Police in Vancouver, Washington want you to be aware of a phone scam that cost one victim $10,000.
As crews were en-route, they learned that there could be four children inside the burning home.
(September 14, 2014, 4:00 am) SALEM, Ore.
A single-wide manufactured home was gutted late Friday night in northeast Salem, and has left a family of six homeless.
Nobody was home at the time of the fire, and a cat in a pet carrier on the front porch was rescued before fire personnel arrived.
(September 13, 2014, 11:25 am) MEHAMA, Ore.
A manufactured home in Mehama was destroyed by a fire on Thursday.
The victim was transported to Emanuel Hospital with life threatening injuries.
(September 13, 2014, 10:55 am) PORTLAND, Ore.
Portland Fire and Rescue crews are still trying to determine what caused a young woman to fall more than 40' off of Rocky Butte late Friday night.
Driver fatigue is a possible contributing factor.
(September 13, 2014, 10:40 am) SPRINGFIELD, Ore.
Oregon State Police are continuing their investigation into Friday afternoon's single vehicle traffic crash that resulted in the death of an elderly female passenger after she was transported to a Springfield hospital.
The vehicle associated with the missing man is a white 2014 Nissan Altima with a DMV temporary permit in the rear window, and CARR dealership placards in the license plate locations.
(September 13, 2014, 4:00 am) SILVERTON, Ore.
Washington County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue will be conducting a search of the areas around to Silver Falls State Park on Saturday for a missing Aloha, Oregon man.
The swimming area at Coolidge-McClaine Park is not affected by the health alert.
(September 13, 2014, 1:45 am) SILVERTON, Ore.
Silverton area citizens are advised to avoid contact with Silver Creek, downstream of the Silverton wastewater treatment plant, due to a high concentration of E. coli bacteria in the water.
The arrest is result of an investigation into her employment at the First Alternative Natural Foods Co-Op on SE 3rd St., in Corvallis.
(September 13, 2014, 1:42 am) CORVALLIS, Ore.
Corvallis Police Department investigators on Friday arrested 67-year-old Susan Bower of Monroe for Aggravated Theft in the First Degree and Computer Crime.
The pants are a design that anyone could purchase, and they do not have any names, ranks, insignias or any markings that alone could be mistaken as a deputy sheriff's uniform.
(September 12, 2014, 2:42 pm) SALEM, Ore.
In a recent clean-up effort, members of the Marion County Sheriff's Office Community Resource Unit found 14 boxes of uniform items that were scheduled to be destroyed.
Deputies were told the Molotov cocktails were not at the school, but were located at the suspects home in Scio.
(September 12, 2014, 2:30 pm) SCIO, Ore.
Linn County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Scio High School student after an alert teacher told the Principal that he was in possession of, and making threats to throw Molotov cocktails at police cars.
Salem News Journal will have more on this story as soon as it becomes available.
(September 12, 2014, 12:37 am) SALEM, Ore.
Salem police are investigating a stabbing that occurred around 10:00 p.m. Thursday night in northeast Salem.
The public is invited to provide verbal comments at this meeting and written comments will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., September 16.
(September 12, 2014, 12:27 am) SALEM, Ore.
The Marion County Board of Commissioners will consider additional amendments to the county noise ordinance at their regular Board Session on Wednesday, September 17.
The award-winning PDX concessions theme is based on offering the best of the Northwest in addition to popular national brands.
(September 11, 2014, 9:00 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
Portland International Airport travelers will soon have 11 new shop and restaurant options.
A Red Flag fire warning is in effect and the public is asked to refrain from outdoor recreational burning.
(September 11, 2014, 7:00 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
Thursday afternoon at 2:34 p.m., Portland Firefighters were called to a wildfire on SW Capitol Hwy between Terwilliger and Barbur.
A Salem Police Sergeant on scene told Salem News Journal that a witness said the driver of an older model silver Chevrolet Suburban failed to stop after hitting the woman.
(September 11, 2014, 4:35 pm) SALEM, Ore.
A woman crossing Portland Road NE at Bill Frey Drive on a bicycle was hit and injured Thursday afternoon.
On arrival, fire crews found the entire deck and upper story of the residence fully involved with fire and extending into the attic.
(September 11, 2014, 4:20 pm) TIGARD, Ore.
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue firefighters were dispatched to an original report of a grass fire on 14500 block of SW 148th Place in Tigard on Thursday.
Ground breaking began August 5, at the minimum facility, when staff and inmates began digging holes to set the posts in concrete.
(September 11, 2014, 3:30 pm) WILSONVILLE, Ore.
Children who visit their mothers at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility will soon have new playground equipment on which to slide, climb, and jump thanks to a fundraising effort by the Wilsonville Rotary's Through a Child's Eyes committee.