The days are going by quickly, but the end of the year is upon us. With 2024 drawing to a close, for better or for worse, ...

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 ...

Description: A portion of the former Costco building in Salem is set to open soon as a large entertainment center with a go-kart track, multilevel laser tag arena and arcade games. Electric Castle's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.