By Salem Reporter
Where to find holiday lights in Salem
Holiday Sparkles drive-thru (Courtesy/Antique Powerland Museum Association) There’s no shortage of spots in the Salem area to find holiday lights on display throughout December. Events listed below are free unless otherwise noted. The Silverton Christmas Market at the Oregon Garden…
City ceremony will light up Riverfront Park Friday night
(Facebook/City of Salem) Riverfront Park will be beaming with thousands of lights starting Friday night. Salem’s 26th annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony will have music and a tree with 4,000 LED lights put on by city parks operations staff, the…
AGENDA: Salem City Council meets Monday to continue public hearing on code changes
Salem City Council Chambers. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council meets Monday to continue a hearing on proposed changes to its unified development code, consider garbage rate increases and vote to appoint members to boards. AGENDA During the council’s…
Oregonians faced dozens of price increases for drugs last year
Oregonians got clobbered again last year with drug price increases (Wikimedia Commons) Drug prices rose again last year for dozens of drugs in Oregon, and nearly 200 new higher-priced drugs hit the market. Those are two highlights from Oregon’s latest…
SALEM HISTORY: The life of Chief Quinaby
A sketch of Chief Quinaby, c.1870. (Courtesy Oregon Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi76207) The Salem Art Association currently has an exhibit, “Native Salem,” featuring the history and culture of the original Kalapuyans who lived here for thousands of years, in…
State worker indicted, accused of raping disabled Oregon resident living in state care
The state Department of Human Services (Courtesy/State of Oregon) A Marion County grand jury on Monday indicted a state Department of Human Services employee on charges that he kidnapped and raped a resident of a unit that serves people with…
Salem hosts statewide virtual teen leadership summit Saturday
McKay High School Senior Adriana Cavazos is among the local students who helped planned the 2021 ILEAD summit on Dec. 11. (Courtesy/City of Salem) Teens from Salem and beyond with gather virtually Saturday for the city’s annual ILEAD Youth Leadership…
DEQ staff drops carbon sequestration plan recommended by state advisory groups
An ambitious plan to reduce green house gas emissions is missing plans to sequester carbon in state agricultural and forest lands. (Malheur Enterprise photo) Advisers to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality say a new climate change program ignored their recommendations and…
UPDATED: Salem bomb squad determines suspicious bag contained sleeping bag
This story was updated at 3:40 p.m. Salem police said a suspicious bag reported late Thursday morning in downtown Salem posed no danger and contained personal belongings, including a sleeping bag. Around 11:15 a.m., police received a report of a…
Police toy drive needs donations for kids up to 14, wrapping supplies
A room filled with toys at the Salem police station from a previous annual toy drive. (Courtesy/ Salem Police Department) Salem residents have until Dec. 13 to donate toys to children in need through a Salem police program. The most…