Your Friday evening update on Salem news
Tonight is the First Friday Art Walk, which will bring live music and artists to businesses in Salem’s downtown from 5-8 p.m. The Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery and Salem on the Edge are among the galleries that will have artists to discuss their newly displayed work. Learn more here.
In other news, parts of State Street will be closed on Saturday, June 8, from 9:30 a.m. to around 7 p.m. for the downtown LGBTQ+ Pride parade and block party.
The stretch between Cottage Street and Commercial Street will be closed until noon, and the section from Commercial Street to Liberty Street will close until 7 p.m. The City of Salem asks drivers to use extra caution, as there will be more pedestrians in the area than usual.
It will be Salem’s first Pride parade in recent memory, and the block party will feature all-free activities including button making, outdoor games, a Lego mosaic and pride performances. Read more about the event and Salem’s LGBTQ+ history here.
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City councilors will consider renaming Salem’s airport the Willamette Valley Airport for better marketing, and will vote on a contract giving Salem police officers a 9% raise in July.
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The neglected Chemawa Cemetery is the final resting place of about 175 Indigenous children who died while attending the Salem boarding school.
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After a May patient death caused by a suspected fentanyl overdose, Oregon State Hospital is in immediate jeopardy of losing its eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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A shoulder injury forced shortstop Summer Melena to miss her senior softball season at Sprague and change her college plans. She’s made a role for herself as a standout athletic…
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This week’s events include a Pride parade, semi-pro women’s tackle football and live music.
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