A crop of semi-competitive zucchini racers turned out at Salem’s Center 50+ Tuesday night to test their engineering and art skills as they made squash into cars and raced down a painted track.
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PHOTOS: Steam-Up brings machine enthusiasts to Powerland
Kids and steam-powered machines converged over the weekend at Powerland Heritage Park for an annual celebration of Oregon’s machine heritage.
New homeless alliance director leads with compassion
With a background in public health, Elaine Lozier facilitates hard conversations as the new executive director of the Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance.
PHOTOS: Thousands find glory, friendship on the court at Hoopla
Basketballers took over Salem’s streets all weekend as the Hoopla tournament saw record turnout.
REPORTER’S COLUMN: What Northgate residents value about their neighborhood, and what they’d change
Schools, the local park and a sense of peace were among what Northgate residents praised about their neighborhood. At their annual Fun Friday event, neighbors said they wanted to see a heavier police presence and reductions in homeless camping, drug use and gangs.
Advocates for peace will walk, talk nuclear weapons in Salem Friday
The annual Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future will make its way through Salem Friday, ending with a program highlighting Marshallese Salemites who are from Bikini Atoll, where the U.S. tested nuclear weapons for years.
“A demonstration of resilience:” one family’s journey to housing in Salem
A family of six received an AC unit to make their new apartment more comfortable after staying in the Family Promise shelter program for six months.
PHOTOS: MIG Fest draws enthusiastic crowd
MIG Fest, Salem’s only punk and ska music festival held on an organic farm, returned for a third year.
Hoopla back for another year of forging friendships through basketball
More than 1,000 teams are signed up to compete in this year’s 3×3 Hoopla basketball tournament, which will take over streets by the Oregon Capitol starting Tuesday, July 25.
PHOTOS: Ironman 70.3 returns to Salem
Ironman returned to Salem Sunday, with 2,500 competitors from around the world racing through the city’s parks.
