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Transportation agencies still unsure about budget impacts if third bridge denied
The Marion and Center Street bridges pictured Summer 2018. (Salem Reporter files) Area transportation officials remain unsure how their budgets would be impacted if the Salem City Council decides against finishing early work on the Salem River Crossing. After a…
Salem to offer less federal money for social services, housing projects in 2019
Lobby of Salem City Hall (Salem Reporter files) The city of Salem expects to give less federal money this year to support new social services and housing projects. Every year, Salem receives an allotment from the U.S. Department of Housing…
Salem bridge advocates work to save project from collapse
Members of Salem Bridge Solutions, in green shirts, seen speaking and attending a Salem City Council meeting in November. The group worked with business groups in recent weeks in a last-ditch effort to keep the Salem River Crossing alive. (Troy…
Besides budget concerns, construction delays added to sobering center woes
The sign at The Arches Project, where a sobering center and an expanded day center are proposed. With news Friday the federal government will go back to work, the proposals could be closer to reality. (Anthony McGuire/Special to Salem Reporter)…
AGENDA: Salem to outline new task force on meals for homeless, talk of new downtown apartment
The lobby of Salem City Hall. Salem City Council will meet 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28. (Salem Reporter files) Salem City Council’s second meeting of the year will revisit a pair of issues that have drawn high community interest, appoint a…
Mayor appeals for third bridge in annual address, reveals plans for resiliency task force
Lobby of Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) Updated 3:30 p.m. with more information about a proposed hub of electric vehicle chargers and the consideration of more bond measures. Delivering the annual State of the City Address on Wednesday, Mayor…
Salem looking to boost internet downtown
People walk in front of shops in downtown Salem in December. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) The city of Salem is considering laying internet infrastructure in downtown to either lease out or manage like a utility. Since December, the city…
AGENDA: Marion County to consider new land uses, justice department-funded position
Wednesday appears to be the busiest meeting so far in 2019 for the Marion County Commission. • Commissioners will consider entering into an agreement with the Oregon District Attorneys Association and the Oregon Department of Justice to help staff the…
Mayor calls on Marion County, Salem Health to help pay for proposed sobering center
Mayor Chuck Bennett in September at the ribbon cutting of the Career and Technical Education Center. Bennett on Friday called on Salem Health and Marion County to help the city pay for a sobering center to treat severely intoxicated people.…
Oregon Supreme Court denies Salem appeal to withhold arrest records in sex abuse case
The lobby at Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) Updated 4:46 p.m. Jan. 18 with comments from City Manager Steve Powers. After years of resisting, the city of Salem will have to disclose the arrest records of a local man…