Park Rangers and volunteers will lead guided hikes across 30 Oregon state parks for First Day Hikes on New Year's Day. On Wednesday, participants can partake in free hiking tours at Oregon's state ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness highlights the Statesman Journal's best outdoor stories of ...

Cascade basketball's Kaiden Ford is the Maps Credit Union high school boys Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal ...

South Salem basketball player Emma Burlison is the winner of the Salem-area high school girls Athlete of the Week, as voted ...

At least 13,000 in western Oregon are without power Thursday morning after strong winds and rain hit Christmas evening.

Want to spot nature’s largest animal in the wild? Late December is a great time to make it happen — although this year’s stormy weather could complicate things. Upward of 20,000 gray whales are ...

The man was arrested in September after Salem police responded to a call of a suspected kidnapping at about 4:30 a.m.

Northwest Naturals is voluntarily recalling its Feline Turkey Recipe raw & frozen pet food after a cat in Oregon contracted bird flu and died.

New Year's Day is on Wednesday and is both a federal and state holiday. Here's what's open and closed in Oregon.

Officials with Oregon's Department of Human Services told lawmakers this month about their plan to address the overpayments.

Silverton's Brash Henderson and Dallas's Joseph Johnson both won state titles last season and are among the top Salem-area ...

Nike co-founder Phil Knight is the wealthiest resident in Oregon. Here's where he ranks on Forbes' list of wealthiest billionaires in the U.S.