Sandra Davis earned her first black belt in shao-lin kempo karate in downtown Salem in 1998. Three decades later and just across the Willamette River, she and her daughter are…

Our live broadcast of Q&As with all eight Salem City Council candidates will begin at 6 p.m. at the Elsinore Theatre. You can still get a free ticket to attend…

A literacy advocate is running as a Pencil in the race for Oregon governor to get candidates talking about education issues in the state. To comment on this story, use…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is moving ahead with plans to expand Willamette National Cemetery to a 307-acre farm property east of Salem. The agency has proposed demolishing the…