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The closure left people hanging on to dinner reservations and gift cards.
A Salem Reporter investigation established Rudy’s Steakhouse struggled to pay its rent and debts for months before the city locked the doors.
City officials allowed the restaurant to make late payments over its time downtown despite the city’s legal right to end the leases, records show.
Reporter Madeleine Moore spent weeks digging into the backstory to bring you the account below.
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Rudy’s Steakhouse struggled with paying rent and debts on its city leases for months leading up to its abrupt closure in April. The restaurant could have been closed several times…
A’drianna White started her senior year of high school in 2022 with barely a year’s worth of credits under her belt. She came back to school two weeks postpartum, full…
The Salem-Keizer School Board will vote Tuesday on adopting the district’s budget, which adds several dozen staff positions, largely in special education and behavior.
Sofia Yao unexpectedly starred on stage in this year’s musical at South Salem High School, balancing theater work with a challenging class schedule. Yao graduated from South last Friday and…
Events in Salem this week include a day of learning about an archeological dig at Willamette University, a puzzling contest at the Salem Public Library and a belly dancing competition.
A watered-down bill extending unemployment benefits to striking public and private employees will need to once again clear both legislative chambers after a concurrence vote.
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