After a month-long inverstigation, a Keizer city committee is recommending that Mayor Cathy Clark be sanctioned for violating council rules. The committee provided no details on its investigation during a public session on Wednesday, July 22.

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Chemeketa Community College is one of four core academic partners in a statewide initiative that could see $160 million in federal funding over the next decade

In affidavits, they describe businesses brazenly advertising sex for sale, available in the heart of Keizer in suites whose windows and doors are masked by images of legitimate-looking massages.

The Oregon Legislature banned truancy citations. But Oregon’s poorest county brought them back and now posts the state’s best attendance numbers, offering lessons for the coming school year.

The Salem Police Department plans to use two grants it received this year to support mentors for at-risk youth and train staff on tracking crime trends as part of a years-long community initiative to reduce violent crime.

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For the first time since 2022, Salem’s own street basketball tournament will return to the north side of the Capitol Building for nearly a week of 3-on-3 games. 

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A heat advisory is in effect in Salem through Wednesday night as temperatures near 100 degrees.

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Events in Salem this week include the Great Oregon Steam up at Powerland Heritage Park, street basketball by the Capitol for Oregon Hoopla and Oregon’s Largest Open-Air Garage Sale at the fairgrounds.

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See photos of the action at Ironman 70.3, which took place in Salem on Sunday, July 19. Athletes swam the Willamette River, biked across wine country and ran through Minto-Brown Island Park.

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The dispute echoes tensions that are likely to dominate conversations when the Oregon Legislature considers next year how and whether to implement Gov. Tina Kotek’s prosperity council recommendations

After over a decade of searching and months of negotiation, the Salem Area Mass Transit District has secured a property to build a South Salem Transit Center. The property is located on the northeast corner of Southeast Commercial Street and Southeast Wiltsey Road South Salem Transit Center. To comment on this story, use the form…

A first job in the ring teaches Salem teens lessons that extend far beyond boxing.

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A group of neighbors in northeast Salem laid down the first layer of paint Friday on a community mural that they plan to finish this weekend with the help of local children.

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The city of Salem’s budget for the next year does not include money toward warming shelters, which accept anyone on freezing winter nights. Jimmy Jones, executive director of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, said it shows the city is now putting its energy toward responding to what business owners ask, rather than ensuring homeless…

Housing authority hopes realigned standards better reflect current fair-market values.

Salem residents will have a chance to speak their mind and voice their concerns about a proposed data center project at Mill Creek Corporate Center at the Salem City Council meeting on Monday, July 27. Salem City Manager Krishna Namburi spoke with Salem Reporter at length about the events leading up to the project’s public…

Here is Salem Reporter’s monthly feature with the latest developments in recent criminal investigations and prosecutions.

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The Mid-Willamette Valley Habitat for Humanity is moving forward in a city partnership that allows them to provide affordable homeownership opportunities.

Gary Nishioka will swim Sunday in the fifth annual Ironman 70.3 Oregon race in Salem, just two months after a strenuous climb up Mount Everest that ended prematurely.

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Granted the project meets city criteria, the plan will likely be approved and move forward.

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