The Latest Stories For You From Salem Reporter

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Our journalists are committed to reporting on what’s happening in Salem and beyond – the good, the bad, the chaotic, the uncertian. But we also take time to find and highlight people doing small, often unseen things that make our city a little brighter.

Hailey Cook’s story below is one such example. She spent time with the volunteer, mostly retiree woodcarvers who make new animals for Salem’s Riverfront Carousel. It’s a painstaking, multiyear process and a labor of love.

Learn more about them in the story below. For the latest local news, you can always head to our website.

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Volunteer artists handcraft whimsical wood animals at the Riverfront Carousel

A dedicated team of volunteer painters and wood carvers spend years crafting a single carousel animal at the Hazel Patton Riverfront Carousel.

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What to do in Salem from Sept. 11-17: Salem Art Fair, intoxicating Shakespeare, marble hunt

Join a free hunt for marbles Saturday across downtown Salem, or watch as performers attempt Shakespeare monologues on stage after downing a few drinks.

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Oregon regulators fine polluting wood treater $1 million, allow it to keep operating

A penalty for wood treater Stella-Jones’ Sheridan facility comes days after InvestigateWest found regulators investigating the pollution didn’t take steps to immediately stop it.

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Volunteer artists handcraft whimsical wood animals at the Riverfront Carousel

What to do in Salem from Sept. 11-17: Salem Art Fair, intoxicating Shakespeare, marble hunt

Oregon regulators fine polluting wood treater $1 million, allow it to keep operating

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