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Some Oregon State Fair vendors pull out after seeing low foot traffic
Around a dozen Oregon State Fair vendors took refunds from the Oregon State Fair due to low sales, which fair management attributed to heat. Only two booths are left in a row of vendors.
Which Salem gardeners yielded the state’s biggest and best vegetables and flowers
Through hard work and honed skills, Salem gardeners grew dozens of blue-ribbon winning tomatoes, dahlias and more for the Oregon State Fair this year.
Simonka Place expands with more space for families
The Salem area's largest shelter for women and families is getting space for 40 new residents along with space for child care.
Punx in the Park returns, bringing more resources to a new location
Salem’s home-grown punk rock music festival that helps connect youth with needed resources will be at Riverfront Park on Sunday, Aug. 31. It features a lineup voted on by local youth and access to free food and clothes.
Salem moves toward creating new Hispanic Advisory Commission
Business and community leader Jonathan Castro Monroy pushed the city of Salem to consider a Hispanic Advisory Commission, which he said would act as a bridge between Salem’s “two worlds.”
What to do in Salem from Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Punx in the Park, veteran resource fair
Free haircuts and clothes for the start of the school year, a unique garage sale and 50th anniversary screenings of Jaws are among the Salem events coming up.
Paradise of Samoa brings back luau, cultural fair Aug. 30
A Polynesian heritage group is hosting its 14th Annual Luau and Fair from noon to 8:30 p.m. at Keizer Rapids Park on Saturday, Aug. 30, for the first time since the Covid pandemic.
Keizer deploys 10 firefighters to wildfire near Sisters
Two Keizer crews are among the firefighters working the Flat Fire, which has covered more than 21,000 acres outside of Sisters.
Marion County farmer represents Oregon on international Farm Bureau program
Jon Iverson of Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm will travel to South Africa in September as part of the Partners in Advocacy Leadership program, which aims to support farmers as agricultural advocates across the U.S.