Your Tuesday evening update on Salem news

Good evening, Salem.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will debate tonight for the first time starting at 6 p.m. Pacific.

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If you’d like to watch the debate, it will run on ABC and most other major news networks, and stream live on the ABC website, Hulu, Disney+, among other platforms.

If you’d like to do anything but that, a reminder that the Marion County Fire District is hosting an open house with free shave ice from 6-8 p.m. at the Four Corners Station, 300 Cordon Rd. N.E. Salem Cinema is also showing “A Woman Under the Influence” at 6 p.m. to celebrate the film’s 50th anniversary.(Tickets $9.) And if local politics are more your speed, the Salem-Keizer School Board meets tonight too.

Our newsroom will remain focused on local races in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

But we would love your input on an experiment we ran in 2020.

Election Day is often a quiet affair until the evening, when results begin coming in. When stakes are high and races are hotly contested, it can be a stressful day. And the last presidential election occurred in the middle of a pandemic, when many of us were struggling with the effects of isolation.

Longtime subscribers may remember Salem Reporter’s effort to relieve some of that stress. We asked readers to send in pet photos and published a gallery on the morning of the election. (Sadly, the photos themselves were lost in a website migration, but the captions live on.)

So – should we resurrect the Election Day pet photo gallery? Is there something else we could do to capture a little community and civic unity on one of the most divisive days of the year? Drop Managing Editor Rachel Alexander a note with your thoughts: [email protected].

Here’s some of today’s news. You can read all our latest coverage anytime on our website.

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Grace House to add more beds for homeless women

Women at the Well Grace House, a women’s shelter in south central Salem, will soon expand to add more beds and services for women transitioning out of homelessness and incarceration.

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Salem-Keizer School Board will vote on backing state school funding changes

School district leaders want legislators to stop creating unfunded mandates and grant programs that require more overhead, taking money away from classrooms.

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UPDATED: Council approves plan on spending $10,000 for outreach on possible tax increase Monday

On Sept. 9, Salem city councilors voted in favor to allocate $10,000 from the general fund to pay for community outreach and education leading up to a possible tax increase…

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Salem Art Fair avoids summer heat as it celebrates 75 year anniversary, adds new activities

Salem Art Fair returns to Bush’s Pasture Park this week, for its 75th anniversary, running, Sept. 13-15. It adds local vineyards and a new drone light show.

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Grace House to add more beds for homeless women

Salem-Keizer School Board will vote on backing state school funding changes

UPDATED: Council approves plan on spending $10,000 for outreach on possible tax increase Monday

Salem Art Fair avoids summer heat as it celebrates 75 year anniversary, adds new activities

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