The Salem Police Foundation held a breakfast with the chief on Wednesday, Feb. 19. (Courtesy/Salem Police Department)
Salem mayor pushes for ‘sit-lie’ in the face of increasing uproar over homeless problem downtown
At his State of the City address last week, Mayor Chuck Bennett said there’s no excuse for homeless people to be camping on the city’s sidewalks. If the ban doesn’t pass at Monday’s city council meeting, he said it could go to voters.
Salem group takes interesting approach to presenting Lincoln’s speeches
A former music teacher takes the lead at Salem Philharmonia and its volunteer musicians who will present shows Saturday and Sunday.
Salem-Keizer spending plan draws pushback from teachers, support from Latino parents
In a lengthy school board meeting Tuesday, many educators criticized a plan advanced by district administrators for spending too much money on professional development, new administrators and curriculum over hiring more teachers and other employees who work directly with students.
Salem attorney wins citation for focusing on helping those with convictions move into mainstream
Kimberly Mansfield and the De Muniz Legal Clinic specializes in an emerging area of law that’s become increasingly relevant as Oregon reckons with decades of mass incarceration.
Cindy Richards has spent her career researching women’s suffrage in the Northwest, where activists relied more on covert one-on-one outreach than public campaigning. She said the movement’s successes have lessons on political engagement still relevant today.
Salem police look to virtual reality for use-of-force training
The Salem Police Foundation is looking to raise around $100,000 to buy a training simulator for the new police headquarters.
YMCA annual luncheon raises funds for capital campaign
With the demolition of Salem’s historic YMCA complete, board members are seeking to raise the rest of the money they need to build a new gym downtown.
A New York transplant directs Salem production, pushing actors in comedy musical
The curtain goes up Friday, Feb. 21, on the Salem staging of “First Date,” opening at Grand Theater. The Enlightened Theatrics presentation features two actors in multiple roles.
The Oregon Capital Bureau consulted energy and climate policy experts and reviewed state and federal reports and analyses to cut through political claims and focus on what the program would do as proposed and how Oregonians would be affected.
Legislation introduced to advance deal between timber and environmental interests
Oregon would establish new stream buffers and require better alerts about aerial spraying under legislation needed to ensure forestry deal.
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