Monmouth News

DALLAS - Don Carmichael Jr., was promoted to the position of site manager at Garten Services .

MONMOUTH - Before closing for annual maintenance, Western Oregon University's Wolverton Memorial Swimming Pool will host its third annual Dogs Day of Summer on Aug.

INDEPENDENCE - Nearly six decades after the final bell rang, Independence High School still kindles a flame.

Polk County announced that its new planning commission has been installed recently, following several months' hiatus after the resignation of six members.

A narcotics-related search warrant was served July 1 in Gleneden Beach by the Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team, resulting in the arrest of a man on a variety of drug charges.. The warrant was served at 7205 ...

Football season starts in 45 days but you would not know it from the action going on in Monmouth, Oregon this week as the Northwest's premier big men battle it out at the Western Oregon Line of Scrimmage Camp.

Jamie Olsen looks at the sloping hillside being planted with wine grapes south of Monmouth in the Airlie Valley and envisions a "bridge or a sailboat" at the crest of the hill to complement his company's ...

MONMOUTH - At age 62, Joe Sendelbaugh says it's time to get busy. The retiring Western Oregon University professor's rough itinerary includes working on cars, gardening, fishing, part-time counseling and ...

POLK COUNTY - A modest community grant to Polk County radio station KPIE, 94.3 FM, should go a long way toward bringing snapshots of Monmouth and Independence history alive.

Merrily McCabe and Jeanne Burbank have a love for books that transcends any passion for personal possession.

It would be unfortunate to see an up-to-date fire facility constructed in your community, only to find that nobody is around to use it.

The Mayor's Oregon Artist Series turns 2 this month at the Salem Conference Center, and it's no longer an invitational.

MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE - Well acquainted with the July 4 bustle, Mike and DeAnn Ainsworth of rural Monmouth plan to mark their territory nearly 24 hours before Friday's Western Days Celebration parade begins.

Ragin' River Steak Co. opened with a "sneak preview" June 19 in downtown Independence at 154 Main St., across from Riverview Park.

MONMOUTH - 'Clay Day in the Park' will take place at Monmouth's Main Street Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

If each city kicks in $5,000 and local telecommunications customers add a dime each per month, the funds would go a long way toward keeping WIMPEG serving the Independence-Monmouth area airwaves.

Monmouth Mayor John Oberst has openly and consistently advocated the area's local telecommunications company.

A number of Polk County residents were among those who graduated in the 62nd commencement exercises on May 3 at Corban College in Salem.

State regulators say they plan to revoke the license of a nurse who had a patient die in her car while she took a circuitous route for help.

MONMOUTH, Ore. - Former Governor Barbara Roberts will have the 65th vote for a presidential nominee among the Oregon delegation to the Democrats' national convention in Denver.