Grand Ronde News

Connie Leavitt of McMinnville locates the name of her father, Jimmy Lee Laker, on the Marines column at the West Valley Veterans Memorial in Grand Ronde during Monday afternoon's Memorial Day observance.

A two-vehicle crash involving a utility truck was reported about 7 a.m. today just west of Valley Junction on Highway 18.

Oregon's new ban on American Indian-themed school mascots is a well-intentioned but misguided foray into cultural awareness.

We believe the McMinnville City Council did the right thing when it approved paying McMinnville's designated share of the $20 million local match for the bypass.

Tribes in Oregon aren't offended with schools using "Braves" "Warriors" and "Indians" as mascots.

A Washougal man was critically injured Saturday when he was struck by a car while riding a bicycle on a highway near Grand Ronde, Ore., according to the Oregon State Police.

State troopers are looking into what led to a crash involving a cyclist and a vehicle near Grand Ronde.

Take time to visit the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum especially for "Weaving Traditions," a Native American handicraft exhibition, offered through July 24.

Amity High School could have a different mascot if a proposed resolution by the Oregon State Board of Education passes.

Russ Stoll, a volunteer with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, works on restoration at Crystal Creek.

Myranda Bradshaw, Bryce Leedham and Carl Beyer pose in front of one of Molalla High School's many Native Indian representations.

Rodney Dunn and Connie Weygandt hadn't seen each other in such a long time. And they certainly didn't expect to renew an old acquaintance like this.

Micheaylaa Engman, 10, of Salem, points out the location just outside her front doorstep where she found a Native American artifact that she donated to The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.