The risk seemed far too great. Portland State University graduate student Abdul Almutairi learned Thursday he was one of 23 international students in Oregon targeted by the Trump administration for deportation. Haunted by video footage of a Tufts University graduate student who was whisked away by federal agents and sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana, Almutairi made…

The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide consistent funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they boost student academic outcomes.

Gage Clark Adkins, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing 15-year-old Matthew Newman in November 2023. Clark Adkins was on juvenile parole at the time of the shooting, a theme prosecutors say is increasingly common in Marion County.

Forums over the next two weeks give Salem residents a chance to meet candidates who will be on the May ballot.

Nellie Watson, a 23-year resident of The Springs at Lancaster Village, celebrated her 104th birthday with neighbors, family and carrot cake on Friday, April 11.

Budget committee members on Wednesday expressed concerns that deep cuts to Salem’s library and other services would hit low-income residents hardest, but city officials say there are no good alternatives without raising taxes.

Clutch Industries is planning a large development in Keizer to include housing, business and retail space.

A bipartisan bill moving through the Oregon Senate would prohibit private utilities from recovering wildfire costs from customers if companies are delaying lawsuits.

At a roundtable hosted by Gov. Tina Kotek, more than a dozen business leaders described a dire situation under President Trump’s tariff wars and said consumers would soon feel the pain.

Events in Salem this week include a night of music and dancing at Xicha Brewing North, an Earth Day event at Fircrest Park and Easter egg hunts around Salem.

A town hall hosted by Salem Reporter on Tuesday drew hundreds for a discussion about Salem’s proposed property levy, which aims to prevent cuts to services like the library and parks by taxing property owners.

Micah Blacksmith, 37, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a crash that killed 63-year-old Steven Bishop of Salem, a cancer survivor who loved music and collecting rocks. 

Competing against teams with dozens of students, Sprague seniors Colin Williams and Matthew Meyers clinched a national trophy in Washington, D.C. last week.

Salem City Councilors unanimously approved a settlement with Elias Villegas after several inches of sewer water flooded his home after a sewer back-up in December.

State law already prohibits maliciously sharing naked or sexually explicit photos of people, but prosecutors said their hands were tied by deepfakes.

After years of inaction, lawmakers are turning their attention to key flaws in Oregon’s civil commitment process. But needed space to treat people with severe mental illnesses still lags behind.

The 49th Monster Cookie Metric Century bike ride offers three different routes, the longest a 63-mile course from McNary High School to Mt. Angel and back.

Several neighborhood associations have upcoming candidate forums for city council and school board races – plus upcoming community events.

Notices posted on Rudy’s Steakhouse Tuesday afternoon indicated the city of Salem was repossessing the space, leaving the future of the 27-year-old restaurant up in the air.

It would be the seventh disaster declaration since 2016 for the state’s coastal salmon fisheries, which have been hit by warming waters and drought from climate change.

Oregon has no functional system to compel psychiatric treatment for unsheltered people dying slowly from neglect. That leaves Salem Hospital as the only outlet for many of Salem’s most vulnerable.