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UPDATE: Salem bans burning through Monday morning
A red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service on Friday, July 14, says conditions are prone to rapid and dangerous fire spread.
UPDATE: ARCHES cooling center extends Friday, Saturday hours due to heat
Temperatures around 92-97 degrees and possible “critical fire weather conditions” are expected in the Willamette Valley through Saturday, according to alerts from the National Weather Service.
Avelo will begin flying from Salem to Las Vegas, Los Angeles in October
A budget airline carrier will begin twice weekly flights out of Salem in October following a years-long effort to bring commercial air service back to the city.
Here’s what citizens had to say about Salem’s new tax on wages
Salem Reporter gathered a sampling of the over 130 written comments Salem City Councilors received before voting 5-4 Monday night to begin taxing people working within city limits in 2024.
Salem councilors vote to tax worker paychecks after citizens overwhelmingly ask them not to
Councilors in a 5-4 vote approved a new tax on workers in Salem that would cost the average employee about $500 annually starting in July 2024. The tax would bring in about $28 million per year to maintain and expand police and fire staffing, and keep homeless shelters open.
Salem doctor loses medical license over sexual misconduct
The Oregon Medical Board found Robert J. Harder, an obstetrician who formerly practiced at Salem Clinic, engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with a patient.
TIMELINE: 84 days before Salem police provided fatal crash evidence to investigators
Salem police did not provide body camera video related to a March fatal bike collision until nearly three months later to outside investigators. Public records and statements from local authorities establish the events between the time the video was recorded and when that evidence was turned over to the Keizer police.
Salem police gave video evidence to investigators three months after cyclist’s death
Salem police did not share body camera video with outside investigators related a fatal bike collision for nearly three months, an investigation by Salem Reporter has established. Police said at the time that the driver was a federal agent.
Former Boy Scouts leader arrested for sexual abuse of minor in Marion County
Terry Heck was charged Friday with sexually abusing a minor as young as 11 over several years. Salem police say the abuse began in 2017, when Heck was a leader with the Boy Scouts organization.