Salem Health is demolishing a former surgery center on State Street that closed last fall. The health care organization doesn’t yet have plans for the lot.

Avelo will begin flights May 3 from Salem to the North Bay Area. It’s the budget carrier’s third route since launching Salem commercial flights in October.

Panelists at a Town Hall on Gun Violence last week were asked to focus on solutions to Salem’s recent surge in shootings. Salem Reporter, which hosted the town hall, asked…

Salem spent over $27 million responding to homelessness last year, an outside report found. The city is considering its next steps in managing its homeless response, at the crossroads of…