17+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1177+ words) Published 3:10 pm Sunday, September 13, 2026 By Fox Perez/The Astorian At the graveyard of the Pacific rests the last known surviving landing ship medium of World War II in the world — the Salvage Chief. After having spent a decade at Tongue…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) Published 10:02 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 A 4-year-old child was airlifted to a hospital after falling from a bicycle behind a reversing work truck in Hillsboro on Monday, Sept. 7. The child is in stable condition and expected to recover, Zoe Anderson, a…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (252+ words) Published 4:47 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 A 15-year-old student involved in a chemical incident at Benson Polytechnic High School is expected to survive, according to an update from the Portland Police Bureau. Investigators now believe the student suffered a medical emergency after…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (870+ words) Published 6:14 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Complaints to Oregon’s workplace safety and health agency have reached an all-time high since it introduced rules protecting employees from extreme heat and wildfire smoke four years ago. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, or…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (739+ words) Published 6:00 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 By Michael Kane | Hermiston Herald HERMISTON — There are very few, if any, new structures built in Hermiston during the past 18 months that Heaven Doherty doesn’t know about. As building inspector for the city of Hermiston, her…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (402+ words) Published 4:06 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 They will hear the call, and they will come. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Daredevil to D&D, the call of many pop culture fandoms will be answered by more than 60,000 people during this…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (261+ words) Published 3:12 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Beaverton police are continuing to investigate a series of events over the weekend that ended with a traffic crash, resulting in the discovery of a Beaverton man who had shot himself with a gun. The investigation…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (331+ words) Published 12:00 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Promoting harmony while recognizing one of the group’s founders is the goal of this year’s Oregon PeaceFest, an event begun by local Rotary groups and set for late September in Newberg. “Oregon PeaceFest brings the community…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (326+ words) Published 1:32 pm Monday, August 31, 2026 OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt has ordered flags flown at half-staff until sunset Friday to honor a federal wildlife officer who died Saturday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a social media post that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1103+ words) Published 3:44 pm Monday, August 31, 2026 For decades, the triangular-shaped parcel of city-owned land at the intersection of First and River streets in Newberg hosted a giant flagpole and nothing more. That changed some years ago and, recently, controversy has ignited about…...