A man at Salem Public Library in December. Officials with the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library System said Monday that the Salem library and many others it works with have been miscounting their print materials. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Data used by Salem Public Library to justify a rigorous review[Read More…]

The Marion and Center Street bridges pictured Summer 2018. (Salem Reporter files) Area transportation officials remain unsure how their budgets would be impacted if the Salem City Council decides against finishing early work on the Salem River Crossing. After a lengthy work session by councilors Wednesday night, representatives from state[Read More…]

Lobby of Salem City Hall (Salem Reporter files) The city of Salem expects to give less federal money this year to support new social services and housing projects. Every year, Salem receives an allotment from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that can be passed on to local[Read More…]

Members of Salem Bridge Solutions, in green shirts, seen speaking and attending a Salem City Council meeting in November. The group worked with business groups in recent weeks in a last-ditch effort to keep the Salem River Crossing alive. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) In the office of the Home Builders Association[Read More…]

Lobby of Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) Updated 3:30 p.m. with more information about a proposed hub of electric vehicle chargers and the consideration of more bond measures. Delivering the annual State of the City Address on Wednesday, Mayor Chuck Bennett visited a handful of major issues in Salem[Read More…]

People walk in front of shops in downtown Salem in December. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) The city of Salem is considering laying internet infrastructure in downtown to either lease out or manage like a utility. Since December, the city has been looking to hire a consultant to help officials[Read More…]

Mayor Chuck Bennett in September at the ribbon cutting of the Career and Technical Education Center. Bennett on Friday called on Salem Health and Marion County to help the city pay for a sobering center to treat severely intoxicated people. (Salem Reporter files) A ballooning budget for a sobering center[Read More…]

The lobby at Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) Updated 4:46 p.m. Jan. 18 with comments from City Manager Steve Powers. After years of resisting, the city of Salem will have to disclose the arrest records of a local man convicted of sexually abusing a child. The Oregon Supreme Court[Read More…]

The Marion Street Bridge pictured last summer. (Salem Reporter files) Salem city councilors have a massive to do list for 2019. They are set to talk about it at a work session Wednesday. Budgetary shortfalls, traffic problems, homelessness and environmental impacts will headline the work session, slated for 6 p.m.[Read More…]

The lobby of Salem City Hall. (Salem Reporter files) As Salem plans for the future, staff are undertaking a data project to be a sort of statistical crystal ball. The city’s Community Development Department on Wednesday released a list of 20 facets of life in Salem it will measure and[Read More…]