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A helicopter landing, free face painting and more family fun will fill Riverfront Park on Saturday, Aug. 2.

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The annual Riverfront Family Fest is back from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s an extravaganza organized by Family Building Blocks that pairs resources on health and social services with fun activities and giveaways for kids and families.

It’s one of the free events in our guide to the week ahead in Salem – check out our full list if you’re in search of free concerts, groundbreaking local theater or something else to do.

Here’s some of today’s news. For the latest, you can always head to our website.

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Daniel Saucy, a Vietnam veteran, dentist and musician, spends his days fundraising for the Salem Parks Foundation with an open guitar case on downtown streets

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Riverfront Family Fest returns Saturday, Aug. 2, the Great Oregon Steam-Up continues, and Theatre 33’s New Play Festival is in full swing.

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Cherriots is proposing a new payroll tax for Salem and Keizer employers that would raise funding to expand bus service hours, build two new transit centers and buy new buses.…

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A man living in northeast Salem is accused of aiding a large drug trafficking operation in the Pacific Northwest with ties to Mexico and Honduras. He delivered drugs, including counterfeit…

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A federal appeals court granted a Malheur County woman’s request to halt Oregon’s policy requiring adoptive parents embrace their child’s sexual or gender identity.

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