Facing a projected budget shortfall, Independence is closing its city-owned museum and reducing city hall and library hours. Despite the cuts, no city employees will be laid off. City officials hope ...

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN)- Each day this week, we are taking you on a whirlwind tour of two cities in the Willamette Valley that together form one community. On behalf of our sponsors at Divine Distillers, ...

Independence is facing a projected $776,000 shortfall out of the $7.5 million budget year that begins July 1 for general fund services such as police, parks, the library, its museum and administration ...

The owners of Oregon’s first Black-owned bakery are being honored with an exhibit for the month of April, decades after they closed the business in Milwaukie. State officials say the low snowpack will ...