
UPDATED: Salem-Keizer School Board backs state school funding changes
School district leaders want legislators to stop creating unfunded mandates and grant programs that require more overhead, taking money away from classrooms.
School district leaders want legislators to stop creating unfunded mandates and grant programs that require more overhead, taking money away from classrooms.
Marion County Commissioners on Wednesday approved $4.16 of federal Covid relief money for an engineering firm to design a new sanitary sewer system that would serve the cities of Idanha, Detroit, Gates and Mill City.
Marion County Commissioners on Wednesday approved a construction contract for a project that will add a crosswalk and more sidewalks near Four Corners Elementary School this summer.
Commissioners on Wednesday approved a petition to annex several parcels to the Santiam Water Control District so they can receive irrigation water from the district.
Salem teachers finish voting Monday on a new two-year contract. If they approve the agreement, it heads to the school board Tuesday for ratification.
During their meeting on Monday, April 8, the Salem City Council approved a $325,000 settlement with a former 911 dispatcher who said she was denied a promotion after department leaders refused to reschedule an exam so she could testify in court against her abuser.
Commissioners on Wednesday approved additional funding for a contract with a company that sells snacks, beverages and hygiene items to people in custody at the Marion County Jail.
Commissioners on Wednesday approved additional funding for a program which helps low-to-moderate-income homeowners pay for a new roof, ventilation system or other such improvements.
Commissioners on Wednesday, March 13, will consider accepting $1 million from the state to split among six projects in the north Santiam Canyon that were impacted by wildfire in 2020.