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Grand jury finds Salem officers justified in fatally shooting teen suspect
A Marion County grand jury on Thursday unanimously found three Salem police officers were justified in shooting and killing 16-year-old Robert Brown on July 13 after attempting to arrest him. A statement released Friday evening by the Marion County District Attorney’s Office said the officers…
Get a free blood pressure screening, sports physical at July 29 health clinic
Free health services will be available to community members next Friday, July 29, at the Lancaster Family Health Center in Salem. The event, at 255 Lancaster Drive N.E., will offer a host of health services free of charge as well as games, raffles and entertainment. …
Covid report for July 22: Local hospitalizations up, cases mostly flat
A nurse cares for a Covid patient in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital on Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of people hospitalized with Covid in the Salem area rose over the past week, while reported new cases remained mostly flat…
AGENDA: City council to vote on utility rate increases
Salem city council chambers on Wednesday, September 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s city council will vote on a plan to raise city utility rates by about 5% at a meeting Monday night. AGENDA The council will first hold a public hearing to gather feedback before…
A hands-on start led to success for one of Salem’s major builders
Rich Duncan, president of Rich Duncan Construction, on site at his company’s rebuild of the Oregon School for the Deaf in 2010. The company was recently named the Salem Chamber of Commerce’s business of the year (Courtesy photo) Rich Duncan is working at the 30,000…
Nonprofits could pay more to use city parks under new fee policy
A family sits in Northgate Park during a neighborhood event in 2021 (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem nonprofit organizations can now receive a maximum 20% reduction in city facility fees for events held in Salem parks after city councilors tweaked an earlier policy that gave the…
Keith Stahley selected as Salem’s next city manager
The city announced Monday that the Salem City Council selected Keith Stahley to serve as Salem’s next city manager (Submitted photo) A longtime city government administrator in Olympia, Washington will be Salem’s next city manager. City councilors selected Keith Stahley to be the city’s next…
Council greenlights sending $300 million infrastructure package to Salem voters
A long-awaited stretch of sidewalk along South Davis Road and an extension of a protected bike lane along Northeast Union Street will now be included in a $300 million city of Salem infrastructure plan. Salem city councilors on Monday gave a thumbs up to a…
In Salem, abortion circumstances aren’t likely to change despite Supreme Court case
Hundreds of people marched down Court Street in Salem on Tuesday, May 3 for an abortion rights rally following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade. Another protest in Salem is planned following the release of the final…