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LISTEN IN: Salem’s high school students making progress – and here’s how
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LISTEN IN: How detectives finally solved a murder committed 25 years ago
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LISTEN IN: What triggered the resignation of Salem’s mayor
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LISTEN IN: What Biden’s pardon for marijuana possession means for Oregon
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LISTEN IN: City officials look to the future and here’s what they see for Salem
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LISTEN IN: A voter-approved psilocybin measure now gets new ballot challenges
Reporter Jordyn Brown gets behind the efforts that put local ballot measures before voters to block manufacturing and sale of psilocybin. This comes two years after voters statewide greenlighted treatment with psilocybin.
LISTEN IN: The politics of getting money for mobile crisis response in Salem
There is support to establish a mobile crisis unit in Salem but city leaders can't agree on where to get the needed money. Managing Editor Rachel Alexander delves into the issue in this edition of Behind The Story.
LISTEN IN: How the community mourned the death of a West Salem teenager
Get the story behind recent articles from Salem Reporter - this time, a community vigil, spending leftover public money, and a local chocolate factory.
LISTEN IN: How the community reacted to the death of a West Salem teenager
A West Salem teenager facing challenges is found dead in the Willamette River and the community reacts with care and concern.