Your Tuesday evening update on Salem news

Good evening, Salem.

Today brought another twist in the city’s budget saga. Mayor Chris Hoy plans to motion that the city use money from its hotel tax – which can be used for cultural and tourism events and facilities – to preserve the library budget this year.

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The measure won’t fix Salem’s budget woes, but it would buy the city another year without deeper library cuts while a revenue task force works to come up with more ways for the city to get money.

Reporter Abbey McDonald has more detail below.

And if you’d like to read about something less serious than budgets, don’t worry – tomorrow morning, we’ll publish our guide to Salem’s major events this year so you can get World Beat, the Salem Art Fair, Ironman and more on your calendar.

Here’s some of today’s news. Find all our coverage on our website here.

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Mayor Chris Hoy proposes stopgap to avoid Salem library cuts this year

Mayor Chris Hoy will present a motion Wednesday to use money from hotel taxes to stave off library budget cuts for the next fiscal year. He called the measure a…

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Salem man charged with dealing fentanyl in jail same day as inmate’s overdose death

Samuel Grill is accused of trafficking fentanyl in the Marion County Jail in November 2022. Another inmate at the time, Will Schultz, died of a fentanyl overdose while in jail.

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West Salem man arrested with fake mailbox keys

Police on Monday searched a west Salem home and arrested a second suspect as part of a nearly two-year investigation into mail theft in the Salem area.

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How you can weigh in on Salem’s city budget cuts

In the coming weeks, there will be town halls, public testimony and write-in opportunities for Salemites to share their thoughts on city budget cuts and revenue options.

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Mayor Chris Hoy proposes stopgap to avoid Salem library cuts this year

Salem man charged with dealing fentanyl in jail same day as inmate’s overdose death

West Salem man arrested with fake mailbox keys

How you can weigh in on Salem’s city budget cuts

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