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BUILDING SALEM: Demolition comes for shuttered Willamette Surgery Center
Salem Health is demolishing a former surgery center on State Street that closed last fall. The health care organization doesn't yet have plans for the lot.
Avelo adds 3rd route, this time to Sonoma
Avelo will begin flights May 3 from Salem to the North Bay Area. It's the budget carrier's third route since launching Salem commercial flights in October.
Senate committee axes proposal for mandatory addiction treatment for children
Oregon lawmakers turned down a proposal that would have made addiction treatment mandatory when children don't consent.
Senate passes ‘right to repair’ bill on fixing electronics
The proposal would require electronics manufacturers to provide repair tools and supplies at a fair cost to consumers and independent repair shops.
WATCHDOG: Jail inmate overdoses continue with little action from Marion County leaders
Medical records show drugs were being trafficked into the Marion County Jail as recently as November, with multiple overdoses last year. Prosecutors haven’t decided whether to charge anyone with Will Schultz’s death over a year after he fatally overdosed in jail.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Bus ridership up 20% in Salem, report finds
The Cherriots board meets Thursday, Feb. 22, to hear reports on customer satisfaction, finances, and ridership. They will also hear details about assaults against employees last year.
How affordable housing takes shape in Salem
This is the second part in a special series by Salem Reporter examining how affordable housing is funded and why public support is needed. Today: Looking at how the pieces fit for one new Salem project.
What Salem could get out of 2024 session
State lawmakers are considering bills that would get Salem an annual payment from the state and help fund a YMCA service center in the old Statesman Journal building downtown.
Oregon Health Authority’s slowness to respond to drug crisis stymies expansion of care
Treatment providers have “shovel ready” projects, and the Legislature allocated millions last year but the health authority has yet to make any funding decisions.