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Mid-Valley Backyard Burn Ban Takes Effect on Monday

The restrictions will extend through October 15 or later, depending on fire danger.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - A ban on all open and backyard burning will go into effect on Monday in Marion, Linn, and Benton counties.

The Oregon Department of Forestry and the fire defense boards of the three counties announced the ban, which aims to reduce the incidence of open debris burns escaping control.

Salem Motorcycle Crash Kills One

Kin-Tong Bossy's life tragically ended the day before Father's Day 2014.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Salem-News.com was on the scene Saturday afternoon of a fatal accident at the intersection of Fairview Industrial Drive SE and 27th Ave.

Arab Foreign Ministers to Meet to Discuss Iraq, ISIL

Oil prices have risen to the highest level this year over fears of the violence disrupting exports from OPEC member Iraq.

(BAGHDAD, Iraq) - The insurgent offensive that has threatened to dismember Iraq spread to the northwest of the country on Sunday, when Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border, clashing with police and government forces.

As the rapid advance south by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) towards Baghdad appeared to slow over the weekend, fierce fighting erupted in the town of Tal Afar 40 miles west of Mosul near the Syrian border.

Statement Demanding an Immediate Stop to War in Myanmar

Scores of organizations insist that negotiative efforts be sincere.

(U.K. ) - While there is a pretense that the Union Peacemaking Working Committee is conducting meetings on a ceasefire agreement to end the more than sixty-year long civil war between the Government, Military and ethnic armed groups - current clashes in Kachin regions, Ta-ang Palaung regions and Shan State are witness to the military’s serious offensive.

Civil society organizations, networks and people who desire genuine and just peace profoundly demand the respective Government, Hluttaw (parliaments) and the Myanmar military to contemplate the following points to prove their willingness for genuine peace.

Marijuana as a First Choice Drug: Unbelievable Utility and Versatility

Cannabis/Marijuana helps millions of people every day. Face it.... it works!

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Cannabis/Marijuana (C/MJ) is effective for so many diseases and conditions that, I am constrained to write about it for the global world. Ergo, I shall write about the conditions for which C/MJ has no equal in medicine.

These conditions are those for which a patient can get a C/MJ medical-use permit. These are the main conditions, and all (or most of these) conditions are found on Granny Storm Crow’s list.

Eugene Man Tries to Escape Police by Jumping Into Willamette River

After a brief period in the water, the suspect said he was drowning and returned back to shore

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - A Eugene man wanted on a felony warrant was arrested by Oregon State Police after he tried escaping by running and then jumping into the Willamette River near Valley River Center.

His escape attempt came to an end when he realized he was going to drown if he stayed in the water, so he came back to shore where the trooper was waiting.

Salem Area Weekly Road Construction Report

Get this information every week online ONLY on Salem-News.com.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - The City of Salem Public Works Department wants you to Be Aware! of this week's planned road construction projects that begin on Monday.

Oregon Officials Fear Adult and Senior Abuse Going Under Reported

Abused seniors are three more times likely to die from their injuries.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - There were over 35,000 calls to DHS in 2013 reporting suspected adult abuse; however state officials fear that there is a lot more vulnerable adult abuse in Oregon that is not reported to law enforcement or protective services officials.

"We know that national research suggests that under-reporting of abuse is a serious issue," said Marie Cervantes, Director, DHS' Office of Adult Abuse Prevention and Investigations.

Oregon State to Graduate Record Number of Online Students

More than 15,000 students took at least one OSU class online in 2013-14.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - A record number of distance students will receive degrees from Oregon State University on Saturday after completing their course work online.

Oregon State will graduate 501 students through its Ecampus on Saturday.

Over 2,000 Americans Seek Truth About Their Irish Adoptions

If the information sluices out, Steed says thousands of Irish adoptees living in America will soon have access to the information so many have desperately sought. Adoptions

(PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ) - There are up to 2,000 Americans who were secretly adopted from Mother and Baby homes in Ireland according to the leading adoption rights campaigner Mari Steed.