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PHOTOS: Salem Capitals see fierce competition in first home game of season
The Salem Capitals have a 2-2 record for the 2026 season following their first home games over the weekend. The
Gene Derfler, ‘generational leader’ in Oregon Legislature, dies at 101
As a lawmaker, Gene Derfler helped reform Oregon’s workers’ compensation system to reduce lawsuits and accidents. In retirement, he took up woodworking, crafting trucks for Salem preschoolers and lifelike fish.
Dinosaurs, community building the focus of Radness Ensues founder’s new picture book
Becka Bonner, the mind behind Radness Ensues and Becka Makes Buttons, will host a party and book reading this Saturday, March 14, to celebrate her button shop’s 15th anniversary and the release of her pterodactyl-forward book.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS: What’s happening across Salem in March
Salem's neighborhood associations have updates on a kids' clothing swap, a planned oak tree removal and more in March.
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5 things to do in Salem this week: St. Patrick’s Day walkabout, Salem Capitals game, Franken-stuffy workshop
Events in Salem this week include a downtown walkabout for St. Patrick’s Day, the Salem Capitals’ second home game of the season and a teens’ Frankenstein-style stuffed animal workshop for the no-school day.
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Salem’s oldest known tree to be cut down in April
The city is planning to cut down an Oregon white oak that has likely been growing on Marion Street since the 17th century, due to a systemwide fungal infection that puts it at risk of falling over.
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Salem Saturday Market to return for 28th season
The Salem Saturday Market will open for the 2026 season at 9 a.m. March 7, bringing together around 70 local vendors.
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COLUMN: Salem’s riverfront eagles take to the nest
The resident eagles along Salem’s Willamette River are expecting nestlings to hatch around April. Bird expert Harry Fuller shares more about their lives and prey.
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PHOTOS: Three Salem seniors take first place in statewide culinary competition
Three Salem seniors secured victory for their school in a statewide culinary competition Monday. The team from the Career Technical Education Center, a vocational high school, was one of the smallest to compete in the Oregon ProStart Championships at the Salem Convention Center Monday, March…