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With Thanksgiving behind us, local opportunities to see pretty lights and visit with Santa are in full swing.

Our team compiled our latest monthly events guide for December, which includes plenty to do, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.

And if you're reading this as soon as it hits your inbox, you still have a bit of time to get downtown for Salem's holiday parade, or enjoy some cocoa after. Our guide below has the information you need to enjoy the spectacle, and our team will be out covering the event if you'd rather catch up vicariously later.

Here's some of today's news. You can read all our latest coverage anytime on our website.

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See Santa, celebrate the lighting of the Grand Menorah or catch a show in Salem this month.

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Salem’s downtown holiday parade returns for its third year — this time on Black Friday. There will be floats, dancing, hot cocoa, Buddy the Elf and Santa Claus.  In addition…

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Salem police said Brett Dhone, 37, of Canby, “suffered a medical event” Friday morning before driving his truck off Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and colliding with a tree.…

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A national survey of low-income households that receive Medicaid finds improved health outcomes when housing and food needs are met in clinic visits.

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Dozens of volunteers at BlondZee’s Restaurant in Salem spent their Thanksgiving loading up free plates of turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy for anybody who wanted a meal and some…

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