The Polk County 4-H program honored the following youth participants from the 2023-24 year at their Fall Awards and ...

A handful of volunteers from the Dallas Rotary Club braved the cold, misty weather Nov. 16 to help beautify the grounds ...

Western Oregon University is the first public university in Oregon to join the Tri-Alpha honor society specifically for first ...

The holidays are times when many eat delicious meals. Food is often important in the Bible. God gave a feast to Adam and Eve.

A couple years before the pandemic, Jerry Mullins and his wife Julie were feeling run down, having ignored their health after ...

Zachary Hammerle remembers the first time he ever rucked. His introduction came last year at the Ruck N Run 5K, an annual ...

Polk County Commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 13 to send a fairgrounds operating levy to voters next May. The measure will ...

At approximately 12:23 p.m. Nov. 15, Polk County Fire Dist. 1 responded to a three-alarm fire at the JB Wood Recyclers wood ...

Elaine Lozier, the Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance’s inaugural executive director is stepping down after leading the organization “through a period of tremendous growth and accomplishment.” Un ...

The following athletes from Polk County earned all-conference honors announced last week.

The replacing and rebuilding of Central High School’s turf and track began Nov. 14. The field and track will not be available for community use until the project is complete, ...

On Nov. 21, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission is scheduled to adopt a carbon rationing scheme known as the Climate Protection Program.