PHOTOS: Viva Salem celebrates Hispanic heritage with dance

Salem's second annual festival celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month drew a crowd to Riverfront Park Saturday.
PHOTOS: Oregon students bring poetry to life at state recitation contest

Katie Lineburg, a senior at St. Stephen's Academy, is Oregon's Poetry Out Loud 2024 champion after a Saturday competition in Salem.
PHOTOS: Artists use their work to show what being queer means

PHOTOS: An exhibit of queer art opened Friday, March 1, at downtown Salem's Art Department supply store that features work of 18 artists
PHOTOS: Volunteers load up snacks for Salem schools

The Assistance League of Salem-Keizer provided hundreds of boxes of snacks to 49 schools Wednesday through its Operation School Bell program.
PHOTOS: Salem kids join police for games, cookies

Families visited the Salem Police Department Tuesday for a chance to play board games and eat cookies with police officers.
PHOTOS: Steam-Up brings machine enthusiasts to Powerland

Kids and steam-powered machines converged over the weekend at Powerland Heritage Park for an annual celebration of Oregon's machine heritage.
New nature center in south Salem brings the classroom outdoors

The Addyse Lane Palagyi Nature Center and Preserve offers Salem kids hands-on lessons about nature and ecology, catering to many families whose students struggled in traditional classrooms.
PHOTOS: Salem grooves, sings and performs to celebrate solstice

Hundreds of musicians took to street corners, restaurants, parks and other venues across Salem Wednesday to celebrate Make Music Day.
PHOTOS: Kids explore big rigs at Salem Service Day

Salem kids got to sit behind the wheel of fire trucks, check out riding mowers and play at Riverfront Park during the annual city-sponsored Salem Service Day.
From refugee to restauranteur, Mariam Aryan keeps flavor alive in Salem

Over a decade after fleeing their native Syria and losing a child in the war, the Aryan family has found a new home in Salem.