As legal challenges to a voter-approved gun control law continue, Oregon lawmakers are considering a set of additional restrictions on gun purchases that are among the most controversial measures of the legislative session.

Gov. Tina Kotek says she’ll vote for a city of Salem property tax measure to pay for libraries and parks on the May ballot.

Jim Sellers, former Oregon journalist and state agency employee, writes a regular column to help thousands in Salem deal with the confusing world of Medicare and federal benefits. He’s available to answer your questions.

Students this year designed robots that can pick up rings of the correct color and place them on stakes to score points. Two teams from West compete in Dallas, Texas in May.

The Salem City Council will hear an update Monday on the city’s performance auditing program as part of its efforts to reduce cost and improve efficiency. A recently completed performance audit on the Urban Renewal Agency found the agency lacks a strategic plan to guide future endeavors and is ineffective in communicating its value to…

Colleagues remembered the Wilsonville Democrat for his commitment to public service and his community.

Gov. Tina Kotek and her wife, Aimee Kotek Wilson, joined dozens of volunteers at a SOLVE Oregon event Saturday to pick up trash at Wallace Marine Park.

People in Marion and Polk counties are struggling to access quality health care and are experiencing more mental health conditions like depression, according to a local health assessment released last week. The assessment was done by a group made up of leaders from agencies like Salem Health, Santiam Hospital and county health departments.

Protesters in Salem Saturday raised concerns about the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Trump administration cuts to scientific research and equity programs.

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Students in Pikachu onesies questioned Gov. Tina Kotek about her job during a special assembly Friday at Englewood Elementary School in north Salem.

Salem Cinema will host a screening of the 1925 silent film “The Phantom of the Opera” accompanied by a live band on Monday, April 21.

In “Sentenced to the Sidewalk,” reporter Abbey McDonald took a deep look at flaws in Oregon’s civil commitment and mental health systems, providing a human-centered, readable account of complex issues.

The Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study will decide how to allocate $28 million in federal money. Proposals include a multi-use path along 25th Street, sidewalk extensions on several Salem roads and new paratransit vehicles.

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The risk seemed far too great. Portland State University graduate student Abdul Almutairi learned Thursday he was one of 23 international students in Oregon targeted by the Trump administration for deportation. Haunted by video footage of a Tufts University graduate student who was whisked away by federal agents and sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana, Almutairi made…

The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide consistent funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they boost student academic outcomes.

Gage Clark Adkins, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing 15-year-old Matthew Newman in November 2023. Clark Adkins was on juvenile parole at the time of the shooting, a theme prosecutors say is increasingly common in Marion County.

Forums over the next two weeks give Salem residents a chance to meet candidates who will be on the May ballot.

Nellie Watson, a 23-year resident of The Springs at Lancaster Village, celebrated her 104th birthday with neighbors, family and carrot cake on Friday, April 11.

Budget committee members on Wednesday expressed concerns that deep cuts to Salem’s library and other services would hit low-income residents hardest, but city officials say there are no good alternatives without raising taxes.