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A federal jury in Portland found a Warm Springs, Oregon man guilty today of assaulting his girlfriend and leaving her lying injured in the driveway of her home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. 38-year old Maron Brent Graybael, Jr., was found guilty of one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Becoming an IRONMAN for the first time is a life-changing experience. That moment will come this weekend, as athletes from around the world take part in this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 Oregon. IRONMAN will host thousands of athletes as they compete in the more than 70-mile racecourse through the heart of Salem and the Willamette Valley.

On the afternoon of Saturday, November 21, 2021, a woman called 911 and reported she was being held hostage by her ex-boyfriend in an apartment off of SE 171st Avenue in Portland. She yelled out the name “Davonte Donahue” before the 911 call abruptly ended.

Salem Police Special Victims Unit detectives arrested 56-year old Terry James Heck on Thursday, July 6, 2023 as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of a minor over a period of several years. Detectives learned Heck was a leader with the Boy Scouts organization in 2017...

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a major blow to all Americans’ civil rights, particularly those of the LGBTQ community, with their unjust decision in the 303 Creative LLC v Elenis case. “The immediate, symbolic effect of the decision is to mark gays and lesbians for second-class status.”

Oregon’s 29th Secretary of State, LaVonne Griffin-Valade, was sworn into office today at 11:00 AM by Chief Justice Meagan Aileen Flynn at Governor Tina Kotek’s ceremonial office in the Oregon State Library. Secretary Griffin-Valade will serve the remaining 18 months of the current term, vacated by former Secretary of State Shemia Faganon May 8.

As 5-day limited duration strike by nearly 1,800 nurses and clinicians at three Providence facilities ends, ONA also sees the passage of their landmark safe staffing bill and calls on Oregon’s Attorney General to open an investigation into Providence’s use of professional strikebreakers. “In just a few short hours, the first nurses strike in Oregon in more than 20 years, and the first-ever such strike against a Providence facility in […]

Risk of fire is increasing and the public needs to be extra vigilant on forest lands. "Our fire crews and aviation resources stand ready, but we need the public’s help to decrease human-caused fire starts.”

The states of California, Oregon and Colorado are leaders in the cannabis movement, but many voter initiatives have changed marijuana (cannabis) prohibition laws, state-by-state, nationwide. A growing push to legalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes has recently emerged.