Willamette University students occupied campus buildings for five days before disbanding on Tuesday following a meeting with university administrators about the endowment.

A Salem woman has been charged in Polk County Circuit Court with stealing mail from mailboxes near Orchard Heights Park last November.

Half of the eight candidates for secretary of state responded to our questionnaire: Democrats Tobias Read, Jim Crary and Dave Stauffer and Republican Tim McCloud.

Superintendent Andrea Castañeda’s proposed budget would cut about 300 employees next school year. She restored 15 middle school teachers to the budget after projections increased class sizes too much.

From Salemu0026rsquo;s mayor to Oregonu0026rsquo;s top law enforcement official, local voters have plenty to weigh in on this month. Ballots were mailed to voters starting May 1 and need tou0026hellip;