Teaching Salem to swim, council ethics investigation
Good morning, Salem.
The Salem Public Library has launched its 2025 summer reading challenge, which is open to all ages.
Readers can track the time spent reading or listening to a book, which will earn them online badges and prizes. Participants will also earn tickets for prize drawings. Tickets must be entered by Aug. 14.
The library has made optional reading trackers to print and fill in, and there will be events throughout the summer including music performances, games and more. For more information, see the library’s website.
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A crowd estimated to be as many as 5,000 people converged along both sides of Northeast Center Street near the Capitol for a raucous display of defiance in the face…
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission will proceed with an investigation into Salem Mayor Julie Hoy and all seven members of the Salem City Council to determine if the body engaged…
Over two years after the death of 6-year-old Titus Davenport, his stepmother said she was ill-equipped to care for a child with special needs. But a veteran Marion County prosecutor…
The former head of Oregon’s Liquor and Cannabis Commission will pay a $1,500 fine for using his state position to divert and obtain rare bourbon for himself. In a 7-1…
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