The speed limit on Southeast Commercial Street between Southeast Browning Avenue and Southeast Barnes Avenue will be reduced from 40 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour starting Sept. 9. The city of Salem said the reduction comes after community feedback and data showed that stretch of road is dangerous.
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Salem events from Sept. 5-11: Boot Scoot & Brew, Xicha Fest
Salem events this week include a night of country music, dancing and delicious food, drag bingo night to support charities and the 15th anniversary of f/STOP Fitzgerald’s.
New Bulldogs start the year off at Stephens Middle School
Sixth and ninth grade students began school Tuesday, a day before classes resumed across the Salem-Keizer School District.
Salem Shark Tank event names two winning companies, promotes local entrepreneurs
A regional entrepreneurial event, modeled after the reality television show Shark Tank, brought businesses together for a pitching competition on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The two winners, Revino and Stiira, will use the award money to build equipment and strengthen their services.
What’s showing at Salem galleries, museums in September
Exhibits in Salem this month include landscapes from local wineries, a celebration of Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest and meditations on the self. It’s also the last month to visit Salem on the Edge downtown before it closes.
Trump won’t appear in Oregon’s voters’ pamphlet, will still be on ballot
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has again declined to submit a statement to Oregon’s state-issued voters’ pamphlet. Trump will still appear on all Oregon ballots.
PHOTOS: Dog doppelgängers, costumes and limbo on display at WillaMutt Strut
Hundreds of dogs and their humans converged at Riverfront Park Saturday, Aug. 31 for the annual WillaMutt Strut to raise money for the Oregon Humane Society.
Salem community shows love to local schools by feeding teachers before classes start
United Way, with help from local businesses and churches, wrapped up an effort Tuesday to donate a catered meal for educators at every school in the Salem-Keizer district before classes begin.
Salem factory will start producing humanoid robots by the end of the year
Agility Robotics, a Corvallis-based company co-founded by an OSU professor, will begin producing humanoid robots that will work alongside humans performing repetitive and sometimes dangerous tasks.
Solar industry, nonprofits say state regulators, private utilities are stifling rooftop solar
Solar companies are concerned that proposed changes in how utilities pay rooftop solar installations for the power they generate could stifle demand for new installations.
