Balancing Salem’s budget for 2025 will be a months-long process that almost certainly requires deep cuts. City councilors and Salem’s budget committee said the challenge ahead will include gauging its…

Nearly two years after Will Schultz died of a fentanyl overdose in the Marion County Jail, Samuel Grill pleaded guilty supplying the drugs that killed him. Grill was not charged…

Oregon will receive up to $40 million to fight and prevent drug addiction as part of a national opioid settlement with Kroger.  Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Tuesday announced…

Events in Salem this week include a dinner and auction to support veterans, cultural music group performances and a woodworking course at Center 50+.

We’ll post results in local Salem-area races here shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday and update as more ballots are counted.