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True fall weather meant a smaller gathering for Salem’s Indigenous Peoples day on Monday, Oct. 9, but celebrants gathered in Riverfront Park to celebrate Indigenous resilience, culture and continued existence.

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Photographer Ron Cooper captures a few scenes as participants presented the colors.

Dean Armstrong of Keizer, waits to take part in the presentation of the colors Monday, Oct. 9, during Indigenous Peoples Day events at Salem’s Riverfront Park. Armstrong, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, made his regalia. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
A color guard presents the colors during Salem’s Indigenous Peoples Day celebration Monday, Oct. 9.(Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Here’s some of today’s news. You can always find our latest reports anytime of day or night on our website.

ART: October’s artist exhibitions in Salem
Opportunities to see art in Salem this month include open hours at a home studio, a celebration of quinceañeras and work by Indigenous printmakers.
ART: October’s artist exhibitions in Salem
Opportunities to see art in Salem this month include open hours at a home studio, a celebration of quinceañeras and work by Indigenous printmakers.
UPDATE: Marion County commissioners call for repeal of Oregon’s drug decriminalization law
Approved by Oregon voters in 2020, Ballot Measure 110 was intended to take drug users out of jails and get them into treatment. Police, prosecutors and service providers in Marion…
UPDATE: Marion County commissioners call for repeal of Oregon’s drug decriminalization law
Approved by Oregon voters in 2020, Ballot Measure 110 was intended to take drug users out of jails and get them into treatment. Police, prosecutors and service providers in Marion…
New complaint of ‘inappropriate conduct’ emerges against former McNary choir teacher
Joshua Rist, on paid administrative leave, is facing multiple investigations over his conduct with students. The record of his case prompted Salem-Keizer’s school superintendent Tuesday to press for tougher Oregon…
New complaint of ‘inappropriate conduct’ emerges against former McNary choir teacher
Joshua Rist, on paid administrative leave, is facing multiple investigations over his conduct with students. The record of his case prompted Salem-Keizer’s school superintendent Tuesday to press for tougher Oregon…
Audit flags ‘system failures’ in ensuring mental health patients receive care
Faulty assessments by an Oregon Health Authority contractor delay, reduce and sometimes eliminate care for vulnerable residents, an internal agency audit found.
Audit flags ‘system failures’ in ensuring mental health patients receive care
Faulty assessments by an Oregon Health Authority contractor delay, reduce and sometimes eliminate care for vulnerable residents, an internal agency audit found.

FOR YOU: SALEM REPORTER TOWN HALL

6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11

Elsinore Theatre

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

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*Be there – free tickets HERE.

*Send questions – email to [email protected]

Watch: CC:Media broadcast live online will be HERE and on Channel 21.

Follow coverage: Reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian will blog live on our website.

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