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Missing Yreka man found dead inside his crashed vehicle

YREKA, Calif. – An elderly man from Yreka who was reported missing late last week has been found dead.

On December 24, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office sought the public’s help in finding 92-year-old Alberto Mena, who had been missing from his home in Yreka, California since December 23, 2022.

Mena’s 1997 Silver/Purple Mercury Sable, with California License Plate 3388WDP, was missing from his driveway and was believed to be driven by Mena.

The California Highway Patrol said on December 26, Mena ... Read more

Agility Robotics i Amazon testują zaawansowanego robota w c

Firma robotyczna Agility Robotics nawiązała partnerstwo z Amazonem w celu przetestowania swojego zaawansowanego robota o nazwie Digit w placówce badawczo-rozwojowej Amazona. Celem tej współpracy jest zbadanie potencjału wykorzystania technologi ... Read more

YOUR GOVERNMENT: Councilors consider taking over private amb

Salem may stop contracting with a private company to send ambulances to medical calls, instead moving the service inside the city fire department.

The Salem City Council will consider allowing the fire department to move ahead with the c ... Read more

9 Offbeat Towns to Visit in Oregon

The 33rd US state of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest is famed for its complex landscape of mountains, coasts, and forests. Plenty of travelers enjoy the charm of the Beaver State with a visit to its most populous city, Portland (the City of Roses), o ... Read more

Lindberg Wins Two Events against Pacific Lutheran in Men's Swimming

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

TACOMA, Wash. -- Willamette University men's swimmer Cole Lindberg (Jr., Moses Lake, WA/Moses Lake Christian Academy) won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly as the Bearcats took on Pacific Lutheran University on Friday, Nov. 3 on the PLU campus. The Lutes won the men's team competition, 117-72, to start the season 1-0 overall, 1-0 in the Northwest Conference. Willamette moved to 0-1 on the season, 0-1 in the NWC.

Lindberg and teammate Kevin ... Read more

UPDATE: Marion County commissioners approve state money for

The Marion County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved an expanded contract with the state for operating public health services.

The services covered under the contract include communicable disease prevention and education as wel ... Read more

The bar and the bench

Willamette Law faculty includes some of the most respected legal scholars in the country nationally recognized for their research, publications and contributions to the law. Yet it is their deep dedication to their students that distinguishes these p ... Read more

Oregon is one signature away from ending unlimited campaign

More than twenty years ago, Tim Knopp thought he and Democratic colleague Mark Hass would pass campaign finance reform through the state Legislature.

The Bend Republican was the majority leader in the state House, and Hass was the Democr ... Read more