Women’s rugby was in the spotlight during the Paris Olympics, and is seeing a surge of interest around the world. Salem high school girls’ coach Mia Strickland is hoping to…

Volunteers installed panels for a new mural at Northgate Park, and neighbors gathered across Salem for National Night Out.

State and federal leaders have put millions into improving crops and soils so they absorb more carbon dioxide, but across the U.S. that would only cut 3% of agricultural emissions,…