Our roundup of Salem news you might have missed

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Across Salem, we imagine there are a lot of fingers crossed for luck.

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Teachers have authorized a strike in the Salem-Keizer School District. That would shut down every school in the city.

The labor union and district negotiators are working to avoid that. Monday could be key. As Managing Editor Rachel Alexander explains, a state mediator will be on duty then, seeking ways to close the gap and settle a deal.

We’ll report to you immediately on key developments.

A story generating a lot of interest and comments concerns Willamette University’s $6 million plan to upgrade baseball and softball fields. What’s drawing attention is the baseball stadium, nestled in Bush’s Pasture Park. Some $3 million in state money is going to the university for the costs.

Speaking of state money, Salem’s long-needed sobering center is coming, with legislators giving $11.5 million to Bridgeway Recovery Services. It’s another piece in the community effort to deal with addictions and treatment.

Mayor Chris Hoy, though, says he will keep pressing the state to pony up money for city costs. He outlined his vision for the city in his State of the City address.

Salem continues to grow as a place for major warehouse and shipping centers, with yet another project going in east of Interstate 5. This time, it’s a $55 million building.

Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson called on the community to join in efforts to reduce violence. You can read Monday about her blunt statement after a Salem teen was sentenced for a shooting.

A south Salem man remains in jail following his arrest at a house across from South Salem High School. Affidavits describe what police found when they searched his home – including an Oregon State Police ballistic vest stolen from a state vehicle last October.

Reporter Abbey McDonald spent time with a Salem volunteer who traveled to Gaza recently. The volunteer recounts how she used her nursing skills to treat people in the war-torn region.

A documentary related to another time and another war will be shown at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at Salem Cinema. A local filmmaker shares in “Monument” the story of his grandmother’s determination that the Jewish people of her native home town in Hungary would not be forgotten.

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