Walsh replaces Woodburn Mayor Eric Swenson, who dropped out after winning the nomination.

Sitting on 28 base isolators and designed to withstand a 9.0 earthquake, a new south Salem building is intended to make sure Oregon’s government can still pay employees, distribute disaster funding and get benefit payments to residents no matter what’s happening outside.

A Secretary of State report says the state needs to do more to identify excessive prescribers and patients who “doctor shop.”

After a scaled-back version last year, the Marion County Fair returns July 8-10 with pre-Covid regulations, acts and attractions.

The final package approved Monday night includes the expansion of a protected bike lane project on Northeast Union Street and construction of a sidewalk and curbs along South Davis Road. It will now go before city voters in November.

A recent survey found one in five Oregonians have had to leave their homes due to wildfire, and a significant majority feared increased fires will harm state forests, wildlife and fish habitat.

Open carrying of guns has long been prohibited in schools, but a recent change in Oregon law allows schools to ban concealed weapons as well. The board discussed adopting a ban during a Tuesday work session.

Outreach workers surveyed 1,805 homeless residents in Marion and Polk counties during an annual January point-in-time count. This year, a higher share were staying in shelters as opposed to on the streets or in parks.

Democratic senators have been worried about access for weeks in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Greg Smith, a Republican lawmaker from Heppner, was paid $180,000 a year to provide economic development services for the county and to oversee the $26 million rail reload facility north of Nyssa. Smith has been a contract employee for economic development with the county since 2013.

The $245 million expansion has been under construction for the past two years. It's meant to help the region's largest hospital better serve a growing and aging population that will require more medical care over the next two decades.

Homeowners in the upscale south Salem neighborhood will vote on whether to foot the bill to keep Creekside Golf Club in business. The neighborhood’s homeowner association has previously argued in court that the club was a crucial selling point for current residents to move there.

Over Fourth of July weekend, one intersection will get a splash of color. It's the first street mural approved under Salem's new street art program.

Abortion rights are strongly protected in Oregon, but the state still has a ban on gay marriage in its constitution.

Patrick Bush made a barrel of pinot noir for a school project while studying winemaking at Chemeketa Community College. With the product now bottled, his wife Jennifer is giving away bottles in exchange for donations to Ukrainian relief organizations.

A hot weekend didn't keep the crowds away from Riverfront Park for a celebration of dance, food, art, culture and of course, dragon boat racing. The festival was the first World Beat held since the pandemic.

Salem's Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails is moving locations to double its capacity and expand its community activism, its owners seeking to offer a space where people from all walks of life can learn and feel welcome.

Crews struggled through the day Saturday, June 25, to remove one of Salem's pedestrian skybridges. Finally, the walkway gave up its hold, hours later than expected.

Read a sampling of reports from around the U.S. chronicling the reaction to the landmark abortion decision.

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court announced a ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, demonstrators gathered in a quickly-organized protest in downtonw Salem on Friday, June 24.

While local leaders and activists don’t believe the ruling will impact free abortions guaranteed in Oregon’s Constitution, several are concerned that abortion remains financially and geographically accessible to those who choose it.