Polk County to hold public hearing on proposed waste transfer facility
Waste haulers in the county would bring garbage and recycling to the proposed facility for sorting and ship it out, likely to ...
Winston-Salem Journal21h
High School Sports Notebook: Peterkin’s 51 points are a school record at Mount Tabor
Peterkin, a senior who has signed to play football and basketball at Virginia Tech, set a single-game school scoring record ...
Polk County Itemizer-Observer1d
Armed kidnapping suspect transported to Polk County jail
A Salem man, arrested after a kidnapping incident in Salem, was transported to Polk County Jail on unrelated outstanding ...
Corvallis Gazette-Times1d
With Marion County's incinerator closed, where's the trash going?
Following the recent closure of the state’s only municipal garbage incinerator, Marion County will not send an additional 100 ...
Suspect in deadly hit-run from Dec. 2024 surrenders to Salem police
The woman accused of fatally striking a pedestrian in Salem late last year before fleeing from the scene has turned herself ...
Suspect turns self in after deadly hit-and-run in Salem
An arrest has been made after a deadly hit-and-run crash in Salem in Dec. 2024. Officials say on Tuesday, Micah Blacksmith ...
Driver involved in fatal West Salem hit-and-run turns themself in to police
The driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash of a Salem man in December turned herself in and was arraigned Monday in ...
Driver in deadly hit-and-run on Dec. 23 in Salem turns herself in
The driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a 63-year-old man dead days before Christmas turned herself in to the Polk County Jail.
Suspect in deadly Salem hit-and-run surrenders to police
Micah Lee Blacksmith surrendered herself at the Polk County Jail on Tuesday. Blacksmith, 34, is facing a charge of failure to ...
Church in the Park opens transitional shelter for families in Dallas
The transitional shelter in rural Polk County was proposed in 2023 by Church at the Park — a Salem-based nonprofit that helps ...
Tryon Daily Bulletin4d
Huskey’s near-record time highlights Polk effort at WNC Polar Bear
Karsyn Huskey very nearly made her final indoor track and field meet one for the history books. Huskey blazed past the field ...
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Ashland County releases January’s property transfers
The following is a complete list of Ashland County property transfers from the Ashland County Auditor’s office from Dec. 24, 2024 to Jan. 28, 2025. Property transfers are published monthly by Ashland ...