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A family who fled the war in Ukraine now looks to rebuild, with some help from their new community in Salem. Find our story below.
Our team is interviewing gubernatorial candidates this week as part of a collaboration with several other Oregon newsrooms to dive deeper into specific issues in the race. Our focus will be on education. If you have a question you’d like us to pose to Tina Kotek, Betsy Johnson or Christine Drazan about Oregon schools, send it to Managing Editor Rachel Alexander at [email protected].
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