Salem police did not say who fired the shot that killed the suspect on Southeast Commercial Street Monday morning.
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YOUR GOVERNMENT: Salem City Council to consider pedestrian, parks projects
The agenda for Monday, Jan. 23, includes decisions for improving pedestrian safety, parks projects and shifting unused federal funding to Marion-Polk Food Share Meals on Wheels. The council will also look at a state plan to extend TriMet rail service to Salem.
A new flag signals commitment to Salem air service
A group of local businesses and community members dedicated a new flag pole at the Salem Municipal Airport. Key players in the ongoing effort to bring commercial air service back to the state capital attended.
UPDATE: Salem police say they didn’t arrest Portland man claiming he was mistakenly jailed in suit
The lawsuit filed on Friday, Jan. 13, alleges Duarte Papa-Vicente, 27, was arrested and jailed on a warrant that had been withdrawn.
Wyden faces Salem citizens’ questions on mental health, corporate accountability
“I’m not gonna sit around and let somebody hold Social Security and Medicare hostage on this thing,” U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden told a Salem crowd regarding the approaching national debt ceiling.
UPDATE: Police find teen reported missing from Salem
The Salem Police Department on Tuesday afternoon asked for the public’s help in finding a missing 17-year-old named Warren.
How Salemites can testify during the 2023 legislative session
People can sign up online to provide testimony for a bill as soon as it is scheduled for a public hearing. Paper sign-up sheets won’t be available at the Capitol as they were for pre-pandemic sessions.
Salem seeks help with public safety costs, homeless services during 2023 session
As legislators return to the Oregon Capitol, city leaders are pushing for bills that would help Salem balance its budget and get regular payments from the state for the extra fire and medical costs incurred from being the state capital.
City has six months to steer budget away from cliff
The budget committee met Wednesday evening to discuss the next five years of funding firefighters, city streets and more. “We literally have wrung this system and organization dry,” said City Manager Keith Stahley.
Woman sues Oregon Youth Authority, alleging teen on parole shot her in 2021
The lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges state officials knew Gerardo Trujillo-Torres, now 18, had assaulted others and was involved in a gang when they paroled him. He is now charged with killing one person and seriously injuring another in a Salem shooting.
