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Neighbors question public benefit, impact as Spec Keene Stadium plans advance
Willamette University and Salem Baseball LLC plan to bring a baseball league to the central Salem stadium. Some neighbors are asking the city to reconsider.
PART 3: Boy’s dream of leaving trouble behind dies in a gunfight with Salem police
PART 3: Salem police closed in on 16-year-old Bobby Brown, wanted for two shootings downtown. He leaned out of a car, fired at officers and was killed within seconds. The teen’s dream of escaping street life in Salem was over.
UPDATED: Council approves $6.3 million police union contract, votes to change the name of Salem’s airport
City councilors will consider renaming Salem's airport the Willamette Valley Airport for better marketing, and will vote on a contract giving Salem police officers a 9% raise in July.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: New park equipment, murals and other news around Salem neighborhoods for June 2024
Several Salem neighborhoods are planning summer block parties, and Northgate is gathering testimony in an effort to preserve a tree on the site of a proposed affordable housing development.
PART 2: Troubled teen ensnared in gang war that spills into downtown Salem
PART 2: In spring 2022, two downtown Salem shootings left a teenager bleeding from his head and a man in critical condition. Police suspected 16-year-old Bobby Brown was the shooter in both cases, setting off a search for him.
University students bring solutions for Salem climate, infrastructure, community projects
The University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program brought new ideas to upcoming city projects, including how to help Minto Brown beavers thrive, updates to Salem bike infrastructure and approaches to budget solutions.
Oregon’s psilocybin industry, a year old, seeks customers
Entrepreneurs running Oregon's first psilocybin businesses recalled a year of challenges, red tape and waning interest in guided mushroom trips under Oregon’s pioneering legal model, but also life-changing experiences for clients.
BOBBY’S CHOICES PART 1: A teen boy’s descent into the Salem gang underworld
Bobby Brown was ready to graduate high school early. Instead, the 16-year-old boy was wanted for two daytime shootings downtown. He was killed in a shootout with Salem police officers.
Federal regulators put Oregon State Hospital on notice after patient death
After a May patient death caused by a suspected fentanyl overdose, Oregon State Hospital is in immediate jeopardy of losing its eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid funding.