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Awesome 3000 to return for 2023
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley is bringing back the race as part of an ambitious plan to establish funds supporting every school in the Salem-Keizer School District.
TOP PHOTOS: Ron Cooper’s picks, from Ironman to a birthday surprise
Photojournalist Ron Cooper shares his top images from 2022, many featuring Salem's parks.
TOP STORIES: From a kitten crisis to new Ukrainian neighbors
Managing Editor Rachel Alexander looks back on a year of covering inflation, new murals in Salem and yet another odd school year.
Meet the data nerd working to make Oregon government better
As Oregon's first Chief Data Officer, Kathryn Darnall Helms helps state agencies gather and use information about everything from cow manure to worker's compensation disputes.
TOP STORIES: Crabs on cocaine, Salem’s Potato Lady and Salem history
Reporter Abbey McDonald looks back on her stories with Salem Reporter this year.
COLUMN: Oregon’s early Christmas celebrations
From the Corps of Discovery to gold rush settlers in Salem, Sue Bird of the Willamette Valley Genealogical Society pulls from historic documents and newspaper accounts to chronicle the first century of recorded Christmases in Oregon.
PHOTOS: Salem’s birds get their slide on
As ice blanketed Salem Friday, photojournalist Ron Cooper captured birds struggling to stay upright at his backyard bird feeder.
PHOTOS: Menorah ceremony brings light to downtown Salem
Light Up Salem, hosted by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, gathered community members downtown Thursday evening to celebrate Hanukkah.
UPDATED: Winter Weather Advisory in place until 2 a.m., temperatures begin to warm
WEATHER UPDATE: Freezing rain is forecast to continue in Salem until this afternoon. State offices are closed Friday.