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After eight months serving in an interim role, Bridget Esqueda will be Salem’s next city librarian.

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Esqueda has spent 17 years working for libraries and led Salem’s through a period of downsizing, earning praise from the state librarian for seeking input from library employees when deciding how to work with fewer resources.

We’ll have a story about her library leadership early next week.

Here’s some of today’s news. Catch our latest reports anytime on our website.

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Teacher union leaders and school district administrators are still negotiating, despite teachers declaring last week that progress had stalled. Both sides submitted final offers to a state mediator on Thursday,…

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Classified workers in the Salem-Keizer School District would receive a 14.75% raise over three years if members and the school board approve a contract. The deal is separate from the…

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Willamette University officials on Friday provided little information about a cybersecurity issue that shut down internet access on campus three days earlier. They gave no estimate for when the network…

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Northwest-based developers Edlen & Co. and deChase Miksis have been chosen to turn a key undeveloped property downtown into a mix of apartments, retail and public space.

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