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Salem’s budget committee had perhaps its easiest meeting of the year Wednesday night.

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After weeks of discussing deep cuts to city services, the committee voted unanimously to add back library, parks and Center 50+ jobs that had been on the chopping block. Reporter Joe Siess breaks it down in his article below.

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Salem’s budget committee unanimously approved an updated budget proposal on Wednesday for next fiscal year restoring library, parks and Center 50+ jobs that were expected to be cut if voters…

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The Oregon State Fair has announced this year’s concert lineup, which includes 11 artists known for 2000s club hits, country-pop, rock classics and more.

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The city’s six-year plan to make renting or buying a home in Salem more affordable includes speeding up permitting processes, allowing more housing to be built in more places and…

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Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested three 17-year-old boys after reports of gunfire around 11 a.m. Wednesday turned up bullet casings on Northeast Silverton Road.

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New tariffs imposed on nearly all imports into the U.S. since April were struck down Wednesday by three federal judges in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York…

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