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Marion County residents to vote on banning psilocybin facilities in November
Marion County residents will vote in November on whether to ban psilocybin manufacturing and service centers in unincorporated areas of the county. The Marion County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt an ordinance that would refer to voters a measure banning the facilities.…
City outlines plans to develop Bailey Ridge Park
An undeveloped 5.5-acre forested park in south Salem will see a playground, basketball court, and improvements to attract pollinators and restore creek area in the coming years. Salem city councilors last week approved a master plan for Bailey Ridge Park, located at 3801 Tayside Street…
Two suspected heat-related deaths in Marion County under investigation
Two deaths in Marion County are being investigated as possibly caused by the high temperatures in the area over the last week. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s office reported on Monday that a death in the county on July 29 and a separate death on…
Salem weekly Covid report for July 29: Local hospitalizations, cases decline
The number of Salem-area Covid hospitalizations and cases both in Marion County and statewide declined over the past week. HOSPITAL CAPACITY The average number of Covid patients at Salem Hospital and in the mid-Willamette region are down compared to last week. As of Friday, July…
Keizer mother, daughter indicted on federal drug trafficking charges
A federal grand jury indicted a Keizer mother and daughter on charges alleging they conspired to traffic hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills from India into the U.S. Jennifer McConnon, 48, and Sydney Sleight, 22, were indicted on charges of conspiring to distribute controlled…
Marion County deputy prosecutor oversees retired Portland officer’s criminal case
A retired Portland police officer pleaded guilty third-degree assault and first-degree official misconduct Monday in a case prosecuted by a deputy district attorney from Marion County. Scott Groshong, 52, hit a man with his car while working undercover for the Portland Police Bureau during a…
Kroc Center offers free cooling through Saturday
The Salvation Army’s Kroc Center is opening a free cooling center through Saturday evening. The Kroc Center, located at 1865 Bill Frey Dr. N.E., will be open for cooling from 4-8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, according to an email from Rick Marazzani, director of marketing.…
Salem to catalog city-owned trees in effort to stop invasive ash borer
Salem’s ash tree population may decrease due to an invasive bug species that’s gaining ground in Oregon. The beetle itself isn’t damaging city trees yet, but city workers may remove some trees vulnerable to infection to prevent the bugs from spreading. The Oregon Department of Forestry…
Police identify Salem woman found dead in car last week
Police on Thursday identified a woman they say was killed by gunfire one week after she was found dead in a vehicle in northeast Salem. The Salem Police Department identified the woman as 42-year-old Marcie Ann Harris, of Salem. The department notified Harris’ family of…