After wrapping up the 2021 harvest with a load of apples, Elise Bauman, Salem Harvest’s director, is raising money to buy a second vehicle to aid the group’s volunteers in the field.

Griggs is president of the city’s planning commission and the Rotary Club of Salem. She’s the second candidate to publicly announce her bid for mayor of Salem after the incumbent Chuck Bennett recently announced he won’t seek a fourth term.

The new ARCHES Inn was mostly funded by state dollars intended to buy hotels and motels, and use them for short- and long-term housing.

At a meeting of business leaders Monday, Gov. Kate Brown and state’s higher education director said the state needs to bolster career training.

Gov. Kate Brown urged business leaders to push legislators to support the spending package.

Auburn Logan, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, recently got her car back after reporting it stolen, but her traditional regalia pieces were gone. A Facebook message led to a public meetup with a stranger who returned the items intact.

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In his six years at the city of Salem, Powers oversaw the hiring of a new police chief, a seismic retrofit of the library and the city's response to Covid. He is returning to Michigan to spend time with his family.

You could shave your income tax bill and push money into Oregon scholarships with an online auction under this week.

Oregon State Hospital only began providing booster Covid vaccines to patients on Dec. 1 - more than a month after the state Department of Corrections began vaccinating people incarcerated in state prisons. Hospital officials said they chose to prioritize employees because they most often spread the virus to patients, and were delayed by offering flu shots.

From a small group handing out meals in Cascades Gateway Park, the organization has grown into one of Salem’s largest agencies working with homeless people.

The governor sees even more possibilities for offshore wind-generated power to serve Oregon’s needs – and create coastal jobs.

Linson Lavell Johnson, 51, faces charges of abuse of a corpse after police say he loaded an apartment resident's body into a suitcase and put it in the trunk of the dead man's car. An autopsy found no signs of foul play in the death.

Salem parents looking to take a night off and have a laugh can find both in a one-night-only show this weekend.

Danielle Bethell, a Salem-Keizer School Board director, took to Facebook on Nov. 23 to ask followers for any "middle school/high school homeschool pods in Keizer area." She said the district's "the lack of real education and safety being provided in our schools today," has led her and her family to look at other options for education.

The President of the Marshall Islands and Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett are among the featured speakers at a Saturday Covid vaccination clinic put on by the Marshallese American Network for Interacting Together, a recently formed nonprofit based in Keizer.

Oregon officials say a digital vaccine card could be available next spring. It would be a free, optional resource for Oregonians – and they stress that it would not be a "passport," as rumors have suggested.

This year’s display will begin on Friday, Dec. 3 and continue every night from 6-10 p.m. until Saturday, Dec. 26. The route is approximately 3.5 miles and runs through the Gubser neighborhood beginning at 14th Avenue NE and Lockhaven Drive.

Through efforts like improving the Urban Development Department’s website and auditing its programs, the city is hoping to boost local businesses who are still feeling the impacts from Covid shortages.

DeFazio said he’s ready to throttle back and hike in Oregon, but other leaders say the state will feel his loss in the House.

In recent years, Marion Polk Food Share has dedicated a growing portion of its food purchasing budget to local farms. Minto Island Growers co-owner Elizabeth Miller said it’s been a significant boost to their business, allowing them to plan for expansion.

A new state report credits the state for boosting local school funding – but school leaders say new stresses add costs.

The county has so far been the slowest in Oregon to distribute the federal funds it received, saying the delay was due to having to find a software company to track applications.

Two Oregon farmworkers and Mano a Mano Family Center have filed a petition with the Oregon Court of Appeals challenging state labor regulations which leave most agricultural workers out of overtime pay.