Your Wedneday evening update on Salem news
Good evening, Salem.
A quick traffic alert from Salem police – Northeast Commercial Street is closed between Northeast Hickory and Pine Streets as of 5 p.m. as police respond to a crash. There are no injuries, a Salem police spokesman said, but you may want to avoid the area during your commute.
City leaders are still hoping for another chapter in Salem’s commercial airline saga.
A split city council voted this week to set aside $300,000 as part of a pool of subsidies to attract a new airline. The city’s contribution will join $1.2 million raised by private sources and should be enough to get an airline to the table – but whether anyone will be interested in flying out of Salem remains to be seen.
If there’s no airline willing to play ball, the money won’t get spent.
Reporter Joe Siess has more below.
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In a 6-3 vote Monday, councilors decided to put more money toward bringing an airline to Salem. The money will be dispensed over the course of three years and will…
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The Spanish-language community radio station on FM 98.3 now holds its own broadcast license, allowing it to offer more information to the mid-WIllamette Valley.
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Kaiser Permanente nurses and other practitioners are on strike this week, with some picketing outside the Salem clinic on Lancaster Drive.
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Judge Karin Immergut extended for two weeks orders blocking Guard deployment to Portland from any state while another court decides whether to overrule them.
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