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TSA pulls out of Salem airport as new commercial airline has yet to materialize
The Salem - Willamette Valley Airport is no longer regulated and inspected by the Transportation Security Administration after the city missed its November deadline to secure a new commercial airline to operate out of Salem.
Oregon Health Plan to remain in network at Salem Health in 2026
Salem Health and PacificSource reached a new contract agreement to cover patients on Medicaid in the new year. A PacificSource spokeswoman confirmed the deal Wednesday, saying it includes Oregon Health Plan members, OHP Bridge and those on the Healthier Oregon program.
Salem’s biggest stories of 2025
Reactions to federal upheavals, shifts in health care access, community efforts to help feed people and a mass stabbing were among the major events in Salem in 2025.
TOP STORIES: Salem’s city manager, ethics, breakdancing game technician
Reporter Joe Siess shares his favorite Salem stories from 2025.
First-in-the-nation Oregon law capping state employee hospital payments is working, study says
A leader of the state’s top hospital industry group called research into Oregon's law capping state employee hospital payments “disconnected from reality and tone deaf.”
COLUMN: 8 Medicare rules that might surprise you
Jim Sellers, former Oregon journalist and state agency employee, writes a regular column to help thousands in Salem deal with the confusing world of Medicare and federal benefits. He's available to answer your questions.
TOP STORIES: Sentenced to the Sidewalk, health care challenges
Reporter Abbey McDonald shares insights on her top stories from 2025.
Oregon leads lawsuit over efforts to ban gender-affirming care for minors
Oregon has filed 53 lawsuits against the federal government this year.
After pressure from public safety unions, Nordyke asks council to reconsider police board appointment
Councilor Vanessa Nordyke, who’s running for mayor, said she’s changed her mind about two board and commission appointments for Kyle Hedquist, who was convicted in the 1994 aggravated murder of a teenager and now advocates for criminal justice improvements.