Neighbors around Salem recently cleaned graffiti from a park mural, distributed gifts to local seniors and are organizing conservations about city budget issues.
COMMUNITY
Northgate Neighborhood residents can get low-cost or free trees from city program
Northgate residents can sign up to get a low-cost or free tree planted at their property as part of a city program to increase tree cover.
Keizer firefighters join forces working to check massive LA wildfires
LOS ANGELES FIRES: A Keizer fire crew is putting in 24-hour shifts to help local firefighters on the massive Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. They are among more than 400 firefighters from Oregon dispatched to California.
Spring Valley Fire Department founder remembered for decades of volunteer service
Louis Fowler, who died at age 72 in December, was the founder of the Spring Valley Fire Department which served rural Polk County outside West Salem. His funeral on Friday, Jan. 10, included a procession of fire trucks.
Scenes from Los Angeles: Salem fire crew chases down hot spots
FIRE RESPONSE: A photographer on assignment for Salem Reporter caught up with a team of Salem firefighters working in Los Angeles on the Palisades Fire. The crew is tasked with hunting hot spots that could flare up.
As Salem’s housing crisis persists, another affordable development signals hope
The Gussie Belle Commons, now under construction in northeast Salem, could be home to as many as 500 people within two years who may otherwise have been forced to live on the streets.
BUILDING SALEM: Apartment complex slated to open south of downtown this fall
The Cartwright, a multifamily apartment complex with commercial space, will take the place of a long-vacant lot at the corner of Southeast Commercial and South Bush Streets.
Playground, picnic tables coming to Hayesville’s Parkdale Park
A state grant is funding the development of Marion County’s Parkdale Park, bringing a place for people to gather in northeast Salem. Work is expected to be finished this summer.
First baby born at Salem Hospital in 2025 answered local couple’s prayers
Maria Villasenor went into labor with her second child one week before her due date. Her daughter, Eliana, was the first baby born at Salem Hospital this year.
Salem artist pens bilingual children’s book
South Salem artist Dago Benavidez has published his first book, “Rusty and Me,” inspired by his volunteer work.
