Your Tuesday evening update on Salem news

Good evening, Salem.
The Salem-Keizer NAACP and Willamette Heritage Center are putting on free events. Read more about ways to observe and celebrate Juneteenth in Salem here.
In other news, the Salem-Keizer School District on Tuesday held a large multiagency drill simulating a mass shooting response at Sprague High School and a family reunification center at the Oregon State Fairgrounds.

The training included local law enforcement agencies and other first responders, with teams sharing feedback at the end of the exercise about what went smoothly and what would work better during a real emergency.
Here’s some of today’s news. Find all our coverage anytime on our website.
Three people are confirmed to have measles cases connected to Marion County, according to the Oregon Health Authority and Marion County Health & Human Services
Salem’s closest and spendiest city council race concluded Monday evening. Realtor Shane Matthews secured a close win, beating Nathan Soltz, a legislative chief of staff and member of the Morningside…
A man pleaded guilty last week to helping arrange a Salem teenager to shoot two people. One of the victims, Joshua Steward, 24, was killed.
Make Music Day, passes to museums and Movies in the Park are among the free activities in Salem this summer.
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