Crash Near Dayton Claims Three Lives

The multi-injury crash closed Dayton-Salem Hwy (221) for over four hours.

(DAYTON, Ore.) - Preliminary investigation revealed a gray 2004 Volkswagen Passat, operated by 33-year old Krista Ashley, of Salem, was northbound on Hwy 221 going toward Dayton when, for unknown reasons, she crossed into the southbound lane striking a black 2019 Chevy Cruz, operated by 69-year old Susie Valdez of Salem.

Valdez and her passenger, 70-year old Robert Valdez of Salem both sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced deceased.

Merkley Slams Trump's Capitulation to Big Tobacco

"The FDA is ready to act— but President Trump has apparently ordered them to stand down" -Senator Jeff Merkley

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), today released the following statement regarding reports that President Trump blocked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from issuing a proposed ban on all flavored e-cigarettes.

The proposed ban was designed to protect children from vaping, as data from 2019 shows surging e-cigarette usage among middle and high school students.

Suspect in Custody following Wilsonville Workplace Murder

The pursuit continued to Woodburn, coming to a stop on a dead-end street.

(CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore.) - At approximately 8:20 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15th, 911 dispatch received information that a suspect had walked into Heritage Specialty Foods in Wilsonville and fired multiple rounds with a handgun, killing one employee.

The suspect, 25-year old Camilo Santiago-Santiago, of Woodburn then fled the scene in a red sedan, traveling southbound toward Woodburn.

SPECIAL SECTION Cannabis De-Classified

PTSD - Medical Marijuana Toxicology - Pharmacology

Stayton's Beauchamp Building Listed in National Register of Historic Places

Louise Beauchamp became an assistant pharmacist in 1928, a rare position for a woman in the retail world.

(STAYTON, Ore.) - The Beauchamp is the only building in Stayton to be all plain-face pre-cast concrete block.

Originally built to house a pharmacy, a specialty store and a dance hall, the Beauchamp building anchored and helped define Stayton’s business district and movement of the downtown core to the north, and aided in the commercial ascendency of Stayton from a village to a town.

Oregon's Unemployment Rate Has Stayed Near 4 Percent for Three Years

However, prior to 2017, employment in Oregon grew much faster.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in September and October. The rate has been between 4.0 percent and 4.4 percent for an unprecedented 36 consecutive months dating back to November 2016. The U.S. unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5 percent in September to 3.6 percent in October.

Other measures of Oregon’s labor force also indicated a tight labor market in recent months.

Public Debt and Deficits be Damned

Cutting social safety nets will only widen the gap.

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - The public debt has surpassed $23 trillion for the first time in history, rising more than 100% in less than a decade and more than a trillion dollars this year alone.

The Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019) budget created a $1.09 trillion deficit. A budget deficit can cause concern when the economy is doing well.

142nd Fighter Wing to Conduct Veterans Day Flyovers

All passes will be approximately 1,000 feet above ground level and about 400 mph airspeed.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The 142nd Fighter Wing based at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Oregon will conduct Veterans Day flyovers for ceremonies at locations throughout the state on Monday, Nov 11, 2019.

The F-15 Eagle fighter jets are scheduled to conduct flyovers at the following community locations at, or around, the designated times.

How to Raise Your Credit Score

The largest single factor in your credit score is on-time bill payment.

(SALEM, Ore.) - How can consumers boost their credit scores? If you want to increase the three-digit number that shows up on your Experian, Equifax or TransUnion report, there are a few things you can do that will almost certainly deliver favorable results within a mere six month period.

Here's a quick look at realistic steps people take to improve their scores.

Hoover Criminal Gang Member Lorenzo Jones Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy

Jones, Rhodes and Hernandez will be tried together and each face a maximum sentence of death or life in prison.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, announced today that 46-year old Lorenzo Laron Joneshas been indicted for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that caused the shooting deaths of two Portland men.

He is also accused of attempting to murder six other people, possessing stolen firearms, and distributing cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.

U.S. 20 Closing Early Saturday Morning for Truck Recovery

Schedule change: Road closed at milepost 15 between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.

(EDDYVILLE, Ore.) - U.S. 20 Newport-Corvallis Highway will be closed eight miles west of Eddyville, near milepost 15, Saturday morning (Nov. 9) from 1 a.m. until about 5 a.m.

The closure time was changed to accommodate traffic from the Friday night Oregon State football game.

Suspect Identified in October Central Linn Bomb Threat

Parents were kept informed until the lockdown was lifted.

(LINN COUNTY, Ore.) - On the morning of October 29th at 9:44 a.m. deputies responded to the school to investigate a threat that came in over the phone. The caller referenced a “bomb”, which put the school on alert and caused them to lockdown the facility.

The school was locked down for approximately three hours, while deputies searched the entire school,

DEA Warns of Counterfeit Prescription Pills

Fentanyl is involved in more deaths than any other illicit drug.

(SEATTLE, WA) - The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans.

Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America.

The Second World War: An Oregon Perspective on Exhibit

On Display until November 28 in the Capitol Galleria

(SALEM, Ore.) - The archives of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education includes testimonies about the Second World War and the Holocaust from soldiers, liberators and survivors. Some of these stories have been put into this traveling exhibit.

The Salem Veterans of Foreign Wars 661 Uniform Display Museum has supplemented the exhibit with seven service uniforms worn by Jewish soldiers in WWII.

Portland Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Assaulting Peacekeeper

Gage Halupowski assaulted a man during the June 29, 2019 mass demonstration in downtown Portland.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A person was being chased and fell to the ground where he wasvrepeatedly kicked, punched and hit with expandable metal batons. Adam Kelly entered the crowd and attempted to serve as a peacekeeper.

When Kelly left the crowd, law enforcement witnessed Halupowski run up behind Mr. Kelly and strike him on top of the head with an expandable metal baton. This was a powerful strike to the head. “The sound of the blow was sickening"...

Fatal Crash Claims Two at Gopher Valley Road (UPDATE)

This is the 3rd fatality near here in the last six months.

(SHERIDAN, Ore.) - UPDATE: Wednesday night at 7:30 fire and EMS crews from Sheridan, SW Polk, and West Valley responded to a reported 2-vehicle accident.

The initial reports were that two vehicles had collided, with 2 known fatalities and 2 critically injured persons.

Baseball's Unwritten Rules

Follow These Rules or You’re Out!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Baseball is one of the most-watched sports in the United States. Sometimes it can be a confusing game even for fans dedicated to the MLB. Why are some of the rules in Baseball not written and yet expected to be followed?

We have broken down some of them so you can get your head around it. Read on to find out more about the unwritten rules of Baseball.

Translation for Small Businesses: 4 Key Languages

Make sure your firm gets the best chance to get ahead in the world.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Do you want to expand your small business? Get online translation for these 4, widely-used languages, and access a large global market as you upscale.

Translation for small businesses means opening the door to many more opportunities. For instance, Mandarin is spoken by 971 million people, it's the most spoken language in the world.

Woodburn Football Coach Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges

The coach was taken into custody at Woodburn High School earlier today.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A teacher that has been at Woodburn High School for 8 years has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a student.

At the end of July 2019, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Woodburn Police Department received a tip regarding a video circulating on Instagram alleged to be of a Woodburn High School teacher engaged in an intimate act.

271 Oregon Firefighters Deployed to California

75 fire engines and 271 firefighters were assembled in a matter of hours

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon firefighters mobilized by the Office of State Fire Marshal to join firefighting efforts in California went to work today after arriving in California on Sunday. Crews have been assigned this morning to support efforts to mitigate structure threats and construct control lines.

“It’s very humbling to be a part of a large scale mobilization of resources and see how quickly Oregon can respond in a time of need,” said State Fire Marshal Jim Walker.

California Getty Fire Grows to 618 Acres

INFORMATION UPDATE: As of 10/28/19 at 8:00 PM PDT

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - Firefighters and aircraft have made good progress in slowing the spread of the fire, though containment is at only 5% at this time. Firefighters are actively engaged in structure protection throughout the evacuation zone.

Aircraft and dozer teams are continuing to strengthen containment lines.

8 Types of Marketing Content Your Company's Facebook Page Needs Right Now

Creating a robust Facebook marketing scheme is not overly difficult

(SALEM, Ore.) - It’s impossible to overstate Facebook’s centrality to the typical company’s social media marketing efforts. As the world’s most popular social media network by most accepted measures, mastering Facebook is a mathematical imperative: The typical company generates more social leads through Facebook than any other platform.

Unfortunately, way too many businesses take a perfunctory, even negligent, approach to Facebook marketing.

What is Old is New Again: Arts and Technology Students Are Reinventing the Music Video

Students today develop their own music video ideas

(SALEM, Ore.) - Most of the students at Centre for Arts and Technology weren’t alive to witness the launch of MTV in August 1981.

Many were born too late to witness the golden age of music video at all. So, why did a group of digital film students bother making not one but two music videos for a local rock band?

Jeffrey Epstein Again Disappears From View, but What About Mossad?

Will the three simultaneous investigations currently taking place seek to ask the right questions?

(UNITED STATES) - What Epstein did and how he did it was an intelligence operation in support of Mossad. There is no other viable explanation for his filming of prominent politicians and celebrities having sex with young girls.

Recruiting and running American movers and shakers like Bill Clinton, with his 26 trips on the Lolita Express, former Governor Bill Richardson, or former Senator George Mitchell are precisely the types of “agents of influence” that the Mossad would seek to coerce or even blackmail into cooperation.