Albany News

State police are asking for witnesses to come forward after a three-car crash injured nine people on Christmas Eve.

Police are seeking witnesses to a three-car crash Christmas Eve that sent nine people to area hospitals.

Sweet Home's population grew by five people to 9,050 in the past year, according to a Portland State University's annual estimate.

Nine people were injured Thursday evening follow a three-vehicle crash on Oregon 20 between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon State Police reported.

Albany, OR: An explosion Monday afternoon ripped through a fifth-wheel trailer parked in the Knox Butte RV Park, 125 Expo Parkway.

The annual Santa Cruise-In and Breakfast, a benefit for Stayton Fire District's Toys for Joy program, was a huge success, organizers announced.

With a Wal-Mart superstore already in Lebanon and another on the way in nearby Albany, some Corvallis residents are concerned over what kind of impact the retailer will have on those towns, as well as their own.

Police arrested a Corvallis defense attorney accused of tampering with a witness during an August court proceeding.

Services for Gilbert Jim Heinis, 88, of Albany, Ore., will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fisher Funeral Home.

Katie McLain is thankful to the community for its support during her battle with leukemia.

Several crashes have been reported. Freezing rain is predicted for Friday night into Saturday morning.

ALBANY, Ore. - Walmart says it plans to build store in Albany, putting an end to years of speculation over whether the retail giant would expand to the city.

SALEM, Ore. Two Republican senators have come up with what they call the top 100 most wasteful federal stimulus projects in the United States and four of them are in Oregon.

On the afternoon before the Oregon Ducks beat the Oregon State Beavers in the annual Civil War football game, a male mallard was found in Albany, spray-painted Beavers' orange with its legs duct-taped together.

When a fundraiser planned for Monmouth and Independence Community Foundation appeared to be growing out of its venue, the Western Oregon University upper-division Event Planning class had to think laterally - literally.

A Central Valley Adventist Academy pre-school teacher was arrested Wednesday on allegations of sending sexually explicit text messages to an eighth-grade student at the school.

Weyerhaeuser says they are volunteering to clean up two massive illegal industrial garbage dumps in Sweet Home.

Soak in the holiday cheer with a Christmas lights evening walk this season. Monday, Nov.

November 28, 2009 - Comments IF REALITY DISTURBS YOU.....go make pancakes on an eclectic griddle or play with your plasmas.

Runners in and around Albany and the Willamette Valley will be flocking to the Mid-Valley Road Race this Thursday morning.