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Take a look inside the new sustainable garden space in Pringle Creek Community, which will help people of all generations and physical abilities enjoy the shared resource.

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Salem neighborhood aims to grow community with new accessible garden
Pringle Creek was created to focus on sustainability and supporting a multigenerational community. A new accessible garden is now part of it.
Salem neighborhood aims to grow community with new accessible garden
Pringle Creek was created to focus on sustainability and supporting a multigenerational community. A new accessible garden is now part of it.
Drifted into the system: Salem police restrain, jail man in apparent crisis
Salem police suspected Peter Leonard may have been having a mental health crisis. They wanted to detain him anyway, triggering a confrontation that resulted in Leonard’s hospitalization as well as…
Drifted into the system: Salem police restrain, jail man in apparent crisis
Salem police suspected Peter Leonard may have been having a mental health crisis. They wanted to detain him anyway, triggering a confrontation that resulted in Leonard’s hospitalization as well as…
CC: Media to launch community journalism program
Meet CC: Media’s new community news director, Meghan Jonas, who hopes to train more local journalists in Salem.
CC: Media to launch community journalism program
Meet CC: Media’s new community news director, Meghan Jonas, who hopes to train more local journalists in Salem.
Oregon natural gas providers raising residential rates up to 25% this fall
On Nov. 1, NW Natural, the state’s largest natural gas utility, will raise residential rates about 14%, and then another 11% in March, affecting about 600,000 people.
Oregon natural gas providers raising residential rates up to 25% this fall
On Nov. 1, NW Natural, the state’s largest natural gas utility, will raise residential rates about 14%, and then another 11% in March, affecting about 600,000 people.

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