Independence News

Gretchen Anderson, who is described as an author, humorist and chicken educator will visit Independence this weekend.

Marion County Department of Public Works announced that Buena Vista Ferry is now open and running on its normal operating schedule.

The Central FFA Alumni is hosting its 20th Annual Fund Raising Auction/Dinner, 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

Last fall a battalion of slugs laid waste to a fledgling field of rye at the Rogue Nation hop yard, located between Independence and Buena Vista.

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. Rogue Ale lovers will have to wait until spring, to know whether some of their favorite beers will be affected by flooding of the brewer's Chatoe Rogue Hop Yard.

Roads across the Willamette Valley are slowly reopening after the floods and high-water danger that closed them mid-January. In Salem, River Road South between Orville Road and the Willamette River bridge to the City of Independence, one of the roads previously affected by floods, is the latest one to reopen to all traffic as of Tuesday morning.

Flood waters remains in parts of the Willamette Valley, and public safety officials say motorists are putting themselves in danger by ignoring barricades warning that roads are closed ahead.

Independence artist Paul Gentry has had a wood block print accepted by the Library of Congress.

Rick Williams has run up more stairs in the past six years than most people would care to climb in... Drivers disobey signs marking River Road S as closed east of the bridge to Independence on Monday.

Here is updated information as of 2 p.m. Thursday as it pertains to local flooding and high water issues in and around Polk County: POLK COUNTY -- Here is updated information as of 2 p.m. Thursday as it pertains to local flooding and high water issues in and around Polk County: * Due to expected higher water, the Dallas School District is ... (more)

Western Oregon University and Chemeketa Community College have announced that their respective campuses will close early this afternoon.

Police have identified the four people who were in a car when it was swept into a flooding creek in Albany.

Raging waters from a flooded Oregon creek swept a carload of four people out of a grocery store parking lot and into the mouth of a canal culvert.

Floodwaters run over Gun Club Road in Independence, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.

Audience members listen during the annual State of the Cities talk hosted by the Monmouth-Independence Chamber of Commerce in Independence on Jan.

"Facing Race: The 2011 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity" was a collaborative project of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, Basic Rights Education Fund, Causa Oregon, Center for Intercultural Organizing, Partnership for Safety and Justice, Urban League of Portland and Western States Center.

Monmouth Mayor John Oberst and Independence Mayor John McArdle share a hand shake during the annual State of the Cities hosted by the Monmouth-Independence Chamber of Commerce, in Independence, on Wednesday, Jan.