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Your Wednesday evening update on Salem news

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Good evening, Salem.

It was the wind storm that wasn’t.

Aside from a few gusts, Salem has been largely quiet today, with partly cloudy skies giving way to a bit of afternoon sun. That’s good news for everyone with travel plans, as well as the line workers, public works employees and others who won’t be putting in overtime on Christmas repairing downed lines and clearing trees.

Our team will be off tomorrow for Christmas, but Salem Reporter will return to your inbox Friday.

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating, and safe travels this holiday season!

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The Elsinore Theatre filled with hundreds of people for the annual Salem Tuba Holiday.

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The National Weather Service says drier, calmer weather is in store for Christmas through the weekend

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Salem’s Christmas newspapers from 1925 provide a glimpse into the life of a much smaller city, from a charity event at the Salem Armory to a surprise glut of Christmas…

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Councilor Vanessa Nordyke, who’s running for mayor, said she’s changed her mind about two board and commission appointments for Kyle Hedquist, who was convicted in the 1994 aggravated murder of…

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