Dexter News

Representative Phil Barnhart says the session could be business as usual if two tax measures on the ballot in January are approved by voters.

Fire destroyed an empty home in rural Lane County early Tuesday morning. The fire happened around 12:30 this morning near the Trent Church of Christ between Pleasant Hill and Dexter.

A health advisory prompted by high algae levels found in two Lane County reservoirs: Dexter Reservoir, located 22 miles southeast of Eugene and Dorena Reservoir, located six miles east of Cottage Grove, was issued today by the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Lane County Health Department.

Patients turning to Oregon's state-run health program for assistant were denied treatment and urged to consider suicide instead .

A turning point in the Iraq war: Tuesday is the deadline for US combat troops to withdraw from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after a six year occupation.

By Gia Vang A June 17, 2009 A DEXTER, Ore. -- A teenager is in the hospital Wednesday afterA he and aA vanA collided on Dexter Road.

DEXTER, Ore. - Pam Driscoll lives in a town where the only market is more convenience store than supermarket, and the nearest groceries are miles away.

AIRLIE - A leisurely back-road traveler frequenting Polk County will likely regard Maxfield Creek Road, shared with Benton County, as one of the more scenic strips in the Mid-Willamette Valley - perhaps even inspiring.

Police in Junction City arrested Steven Ray McWhirter, 46, on three felony warrants Monday, including unlawful manufacturing and possession of a destructive device and possession of a firearms silencer.