The assistant superintendent of a Polk County school district will lead the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office tells us that, a high-speed chase early Saturday morning ended with an arrest after a tense ...

likely in Eastern Oregon. Nearly all of the waste from Polk County currently is taken just south of the county line to Coffin Butte Landfill in Corvallis. Polk County Hearings Officer Leslie ...

POLK COUNTY, Oregon — Some of the best places in Oregon are often hiding in plain sight! Like the nearby Luckiamute River that is home to mountain bike trails, wonderful waterfalls and a new ...

Glenn Pennie, who disappeared from Polk County in Oregon 2004, seen in an undated photo released by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office “There’s always somebody dying to tell you something.

POLK COUNTY, Oregon — October 2024 marks two decades since Glenn Pennie vanished from his Polk County home. As the years passed, investigators haven’t stopped trying to find him, even with ...

POLK COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — Law enforcement is investigating a report of a man inappropriately touching four female teenage camp counselors, authorities said. According to the Polk County Sheriff ...

Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Polk County, an area which may be larger than Polk County itself. The number of daily ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a backyard flock of ducks and geese in Polk County, Ore. SALEM — Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread across Oregon ...

An apparent road-rage incident in Polk County, Oregon, turned deadly last week when a driver fatally shot 45-year-old father Dennis Anderson. Anderson was driving with his wife, Brandy Goldsbury ...