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As the Salem City Council discusses ways to bolster public safety downtown, Salem Reporter dug into the data and discussions around what’s impacting the people and businesses who call downtown home. We published that story last week.

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This reporting took several weeks of work and included interviews with over a dozen business owners, homeless service providers and law enforcement.

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Harvest Music has reopened in West Salem, nearly two years after the death of longtime owner Brian Cossack. Its new owner, Ron Caton, hopes to make the new space a…

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Salem’s fifth Ironman 70.3 race brought together thousands of spectators, volunteers and competitors on Sunday for a lively competition. 

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Columnist and homeless advocate Lynelle Wilcox shares what she’s learned from conversations with homeless Salemites about using the bathroom.

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Salem’s fifth Ironman 70.3 Oregon began early Sunday, July 20, launching a full day of swimming, biking and running for competitors and spirited cheering from spectators.

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Environmentalists recently filed a petition to get Oregon voters to guarantee a healthy climate in the state constitution.

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