Category City News
US House passes massive tax break and spending cut bill, sending it to Trump
Congressional Republicans passed a sweeping bill extending tax cuts, adding billions to immigration enforcement and slashing Medicaid and food stamps.
Salem’s newest bookstore offers much more than something to read
Beauty, Beverages, and Books, a combination used book store and salon, recently opened on Northeast Broadway Street. Owner Andrea Randall’s effort to build a community space with unique offerings has created a haven for book lovers.
Entertainment, shopping hub planned for long vacant JC Penney building
The former JC Penney building in downtown Salem has been vacant for five years. Now, the developers behind The Forge are buying it as part of a larger downtown transformation underway.
Two private mail businesses could close after USPS cancels contracts
The Mail Depot in south Salem has operated under a contract with the U.S. Postal Service since 1988 allowing it to provide mail services to residents. The agency is ending its contract Sept. 30.
Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in ten years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to $16.30 per hour.
BUILDING SALEM: Four-story apartment building planned on former surgery center land
Koz Development is planning its second major apartment building in Salem after its downtown development has remained nearly full since opening.
Salem adds space for court-ordered behavioral health treatment
The newly completed Marion and Polk County Secure Residential Treatment Facility will serve people with severe and persistent mental illness who have been ordered by a judge to receive treatment. It adds capacity to a strained statewide system which leaves many without such options for longer term care.
New staff sworn in as Salem Fire takes over ambulance service July 1
Fifty new ambulance workers for Salem Fire were sworn in during a ceremony Friday as hundreds of the new recruits’ friends and family members looked on.
COLUMN: Your start guide to Medicare
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.