The Dallas City Council decided to postpone planned intersection improvements on Ellendale Avenue before getting more ...

Grass roots. Local. Community Minded. These are not just buzzwords but a pretty good description of The Gate Community Youth Center in Independence. To meet this growing commitment, The Gate ...

Steve Milligan has quite the resume working in the public sector, from school board member to former mayor of Monmouth. As ...

Western Oregon University is removing Cesar Chavez’s name from its annual student leadership conference in the wake of a New York Times report that the iconic farm workers union organizer ...

Polk County Health Department conducts a bi-annual, unannounced inspection of licensed restaurants. The establishments receive an overall grade on food temperatures, food preparation practices, worker ...

I am writing with a personal story, to encourage voters to re-elect Jeremy Gordon for Polk County Commissioner.

Before he was a journalist, Tim Russert worked as an intern for New York Senator Patrick Moynihan. He once recalled an incident that occurred when Moynihan was first running for ...

Falls City was recently the beneficiary of lottery revenue bonds distributed to Polk County for capital improvement projects.

I used to wonder if the county treasurer’s grievance was serious. But recent statements have raised real questions for me as ...

Western Oregon University has been selected to participate in the Sensemaking & Strategic Prioritization process with the ...

Austin Markee: Maybe there’s a little disappointment because (the girls were) close, but overall the boys and girls had a ...

Grace Faber, representing Polk County, was crowned the Oregon Dairy Women’s 2026-27 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador.