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PHOTOS: Snow blankets Salem, prompting school closures

Kids play in the snow at Aldrich Park in Salem on Feb. 5, 2019 (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

About two inches of snow fell on Salem overnight Tuesday, prompting local schools to close for the day.

The Oregon Capitol is blanketed in snow on the morning on Feb. 5, 2019 (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

Snow-covered trees like a path at Oregon State Capitol Park (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

A squirrel munches on a nut on the Oregon Capitol grounds (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

A snowball fight in progress at Aldrich Park (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

A worker clears snow from a Salem sidewalk. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

A pair of Salemites cross the street. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

Snow covers branches at Willson Park on Feb. 5, 2019. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)

Caleb Wolf is a student at Chemeketa Community College and a photographer for its student newspaper, The Courier. This is part of a collaboration between The Courier and Salem Reporter.