For over 25 years, SuAnn Reddick has been compiling information surrounding the deaths of over 300 Chemawa Indian School students from 1880 to 1945. In collaboration with Eva Guggemos and Pacific University, she shared that information on a public website for the first time earlier this month.

Students, teachers and South Salem High School supporters on Thursday celebrated the completion of an $84 million renovation adding more classrooms and specialized space for arts and technology programs.

Most homeowners in Marion and Polk counties will see a consistent 3% increase in their property taxes this year. Meanwhile, property values across both counties are the highest they've ever been.

Under a draft climate action plan released this week, the city would have to halt gas-fueled trucks and planes from entering the city, have a renewables-only electricity grid and divert nearly all of its waste from landfills to reach its stated climate goals.

Local birder and natural history author Harry Fuller shares what birds are up to in the Salem area in his "Some Fascinating Things About Birds" column. In this special edition, he traces the roots of wild turkeys, a ubiquitous bird species not native to Oregon.

The Harvest Festival returned to Salem Convention Center this week, featuring a talk about in-vitro dairy cow fertilization and more.

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The Salem City Council and Planning Commission were presented with the latest draft comprehensive plan Monday night, which will help guide land development in the future as Salem is expected to see 60,000 new residents in the next 14 years.

Charles F. Sams III, of Oregon, would be the first enrolled tribal member to lead the National Park Service.

The photo, likely taken in 1992, shows Frances “Frankie” Bell, Marian Milligan and Janet and Gordon McGilchrist outside the historic theater, though the occasion of the photograph remains unclear.

The largest Salem-area employers covered under the governor’s Covid vaccine mandate say they don’t expect delays or loss of services as a result of the mandate, with most staff getting the vaccine or an exception by the Monday deadline.

In a letter to Disability Rights Oregon, Dolly Matteucci acknowledged efforts to prevent the spread of Covid among the hospital’s 500 Salem patients have put more stress on staff and meant fewer treatment options for patients, but said the decisions were necessary to prevent outbreaks.

The murder mystery show, which runs through Oct. 23, is the Pentacle Theatre's first in-person performance since the Covid pandemic began.

In rural areas, it’s business as usual with health care facilities largely accepting most exemption requests.

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Vaccination requirement for state employees, teachers, health care workers was left to take effect.

Salem-area medical providers say monoclonal antibody therapy has been successful in stopping Covid cases from becoming severe among people at risk of serious illness.

In some districts in Oregon, routes are being combined, cut and parents are being paid to figure out alternatives.

The two wetland projects at the Mill Creek Corporate Center have been years in the making, with the most recent wetland completed this year. It’s unique for the city to have a project solely focused on creating a wetland, which covers 42 of the 100 acres of open space.

Cherry and hazelnut growers also enjoyed banner years but the smoke from fires hammered the wine industry.

Local service providers say the various moratoriums banning evictions during the pandemic successfully kept many Oregon families in their homes. Otherwise, they say the need for assistance may soon outweigh available resources as tenants facing eviction deal with barriers to getting rental assistance and slow payments by the state.

Nearly all employees of the Salem-Keizer School District and Salem's largest medical providers have been fully vaccinated against Covid or had an exception approved three days out from Gov. Kate Brown’s mandated deadline.

In an annual survey this year, residents reported the lowest satisfaction in recent years with how the city is maintaining its streets, sidewalks and bridges. Theories point to pandemic negativity, more time at home to look at cracks in the sidewalk or the lack of a third bridge across the Willamette River.

As part of Salem Reporter's local history series, Willamette Heritage Center curator Kylie Pine regularly shares historic photos from around Salem. This month's selection is a group photo from outside the Elsinore Theatre.

Johnson will leave the Democratic Party by next spring, she told supporters, as she prepares to run for governor outside Oregon's two major political parties.