Your Tuesday evening update on Salem news

Good evening, Salem.

There’s some good news in Salem’s art scene today – Willamette Art Center has a new home.

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The ceramics studio had to vacate its longtime space at the Oregon State Fairgrounds at the end of June after the fairgrounds opted not to renew the lease. Later this summer, they’ll reopen in a larger space in southeast Salem.

Reporter Abbey McDonald has that story below.

In federal news, the Senate passed President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” that to make sweeping cuts to social service programs including Medicaid while spending more on deportation and extending tax cuts. It still has to pass the House.

Our team is reaching out to local nonprofits, clinics and health care providers about what they expect to see if the bill passes. Have suggestions for us? Send them to Managing Editor Rachel Alexander at [email protected].

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

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Willamette Art Center to move to southeast Salem

Salem’s longstanding community ceramics classroom has moved out of its home at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, and will reopen by early fall off of Southeast Fairview Industrial Drive.

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Two private mail businesses could close after USPS cancels contracts

The Mail Depot in south Salem has operated under a contract with the U.S. Postal Service since 1988 allowing it to provide mail services to residents. The agency is ending…

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Woman, two teens arrested after shots fired at south Salem McDonald’s, police say

Salem police said they arrested two young adults and a teenager after a shooting Monday night in the parking lot of McDonald’s on Southeast Commercial Street. No one was injured…

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ODOT to lay off hundreds starting next week

ODOT Director Kristopher Strickler said in an email to employees over the weekend that the Legislature’s inability to pass a transportation package to keep the agency solvent is “shocking, scary…

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Willamette Art Center to move to southeast Salem

Two private mail businesses could close after USPS cancels contracts

Woman, two teens arrested after shots fired at south Salem McDonald’s, police say

ODOT to lay off hundreds starting next week

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