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PHOTOS: Catch the 2022 Marion County Fair
Fairgoers enjoy the twister at the 2022 Marion County Fair (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Carson Kuenzi shows a pig in the 4-H Round Robin competition at the 2022 Marion County Fair (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Corbin Kuenzi on Kubota tractor at the 2022…
Hoopla bringing basketball action back to Salem
Jason Unruh was managing The Hoop, now the Capital Fieldhouse, back in 1999 with his father Charrol when Jim Kniffin approached them with an idea: a three-on-three basketball tournament. That tournament became Hoopla and is set to spill out over Salem streets this week with…
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners consider hospital services for people in custody at county jail
The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider expanding sheriff’s office patrol in wildfire-affected areas of the Santiam Canyon and a contract that would provide hospital services for adults in custody at the Marion County Jail. AGENDA Commissioners will consider a proclamation designating the…
State, county funds for navigation center to go before city council Monday
The future site of Salem’s navigation center, now a vacant building located at 1185 22nd St. S.E. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem may have a navigation center built by year’s end that would help move homeless people into permanent housing after the city received millions to…
AGENDA: School board to discuss concealed weapons ban
The Salem-Keizer School Board meets Tuesday to select a new chair and vice chairs for the upcoming year and discuss a policy that would prohibit concealed weapons in local schools. AGENDA Board members will hear a report from Superintendent Christy Perry, including a written report…
State offers money for fire-resistant rebuilds of wildfire destroyed structures
A home under construction along the Santiam River in Gates, Ore. on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Building Codes Division is partnering with eight counties, including Marion, to help rebuild businesses and homes destroyed during the 2020 wildfire season. Home and…
Color, music will again fill Bush’s Pasture Park as Art Fair returns
Customers browse at the 2019 Salem Art Fair (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem art lovers are in for more sun when the annual Salem Art Fair and Festival makes a long-awaited return this weekend. The 2022 event, sponsored by Salem Art Association, runs July 15-17 in…
Learn about restoration work, pollinators at Orchard Heights Park July 13
A bridge over high waters in Glenn Creek at Orchard Heights Park (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Visitors at Orchard Heights Park next Wednesday will have a chance to learn about conservation work city staff and others are doing to keep the park intact. The event starts…
AGENDA: Council considers new city flag, navigation center funds
Salem City Council chambers (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem city councilors on Monday will select a new city flag and green-light the renaming of Salem Parkway to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. AGENDA They will also accept $3 million from Marion County as a grant…