A warm spring Saturday brought hundreds of people to the Oregon Capitol Mall for a celebration of cherry blossoms and Japanese culture.
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PARK SHOOTING: A summary of developments
Prosecutors plan to seek approval to try a 16-year-old accused shooter as an adult. Here’s a summary of key information related to the March 7, 2024, shooting in Bush’s Pasture Park and links to all Salem Reporter’s related stories.
In tense meeting, South Central neighbors press school district to restrict open campus
After a shooting involving teens and an unrelated raid on a neighborhood home, Wednesday’s meeting of the South Central Association of Neighbors saw over 100 in attendance. Those gathered sought changes to South Salem High School policies.
PHOTOS: Oregon students bring poetry to life at state recitation contest
Katie Lineburg, a senior at St. Stephen’s Academy, is Oregon’s Poetry Out Loud 2024 champion after a Saturday competition in Salem.
Community prays, calls for action after Bush’s Pasture Park shooting
Pastors leading a vigil following the shooting of three teen boys in Bush’s Pasture Park said they want to be part of the solution to gun violence and show Salem’s young people they’re not alone.
Oregon School for the Deaf sends 2 finalists to state poetry recitation championship
Seniors Traiton Kramer and Brayden Olsen will represent Oregon School for the Deaf at the state Poetry Out Loud competition in Salem this weekend, signing poems in American Sign Language.
PHOTOS: Artists use their work to show what being queer means
PHOTOS: An exhibit of queer art opened Friday, March 1, at downtown Salem’s Art Department supply store that features work of 18 artists
With event costs rising, Salem nonprofit leaders get creative with fundraising
Are nonprofit events still a good investment? What does it take to hold one? Four local leaders weigh in with answers about Salem’s funding scene.
A grape, a contest and a grandmother’s legacy: how the governor’s home got its name
As Mahonia Hall turns 100 this year, Salem Reporter caught up with Eric Johnson, who won the contest to name the residence in 1988.
Salem history: the governor’s mansion turns 100
Before it became home to Oregon’s governors in 1987, Mahonia Hall was custom-built for a Salem hop baron.