Alsea News

Waldport's mayor, Herman Welch, as of February 2009, has become the first public official to become a registered Independent political figure in the state of Oregon.

The Bureau of Land Management announced $32.4 million to fund 60 projects throughout Oregon and Washington under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Though, in Alsea, down in the Coast Range in Benton County, they're apparently hanging justice out to dry on one too.

Authorities in Benton County are looking for some suspects who targeted a teenager.

Ashes are all that's left of a five foot cross left burning in Summer MacLean's front yard.

District Attorney John Haroldson says his office takes hate crimes "very, very seriously," and he would review the case to determine if such charges are warranted.

A white woman who moved with her adopted African-American son to the small Coast Range town of town of Alsea in Benton County says she's shocked someone burned a cross on her lawn.

When Oregon Army National Guard soldiers returned from Iraq four years ago, fewer than half had a job waiting.

Join the Coast Hills Running Club for a club fun run through pasture and trails, over hills, and through the woods.

LORI TOBIAS =C3=BB>> =20>> NEWPORT Its a drizzly offseason Sunday. The streets are>> deserted, parking lots empty and on the beach, its just wind, sand>> and>> the sea.

A flood warning was issued through this morning for Alsea and other areas in western Benton County, and the Marys River was predicted to swell to major flood levels today.

Philomath, Monroe and Alsea schools were closed due to frosty weather and snow for the third day in a row on Wednesday, and it looks like they won't be in session the rest of the week, administrators said.

Be prepared for more slippery roads and arctic weather. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Benton County and much of northwest Oregon.

Mid-valley residents had a slow commute to work Monday, but most students got the day off.

David Zalubowski/Associated Press Stymied by an ice-covered hill on the east side of Portland, drivers struggle to get their vehicles moving while contending with blustery winds and driving snow as a winter ...

Gazette-Times Shaun Hearn, the circulation supervisor at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, puts some reserve items away Thursday.

COrvallis gazette-times HARLAN - Gene Cooper's pickup bounced along a gravel path and he pointed to a section of his heavily forested spread off Burnt Woods Road.

Inspired by a bad economy and invigorated by local artisans, businesses and entrepreneurs, the community of Alsea is kicking off a yearlong revitalization effort in conjunction with the rural tourism ...