Raimey Brown, an Oregon Future Farmers of America officer, helps to relocate an evacuated turkey at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Tuesday, September 8. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In a normal year, Oregon’s Future Farmers of America officers would be helping to wind down the Oregon State Fair. Instead, many converged[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Fleeing by the thousands, Santiam Canyon families seek refuge in Salem
A volunteer directs traffic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Tuesday, September 8. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Allison Hargett was on a family camping trip at Detroit State Park over the Labor Day weekend when friends, anxious about increasing winds and smoke, decided to head home. Not long afterward, just before[Read More…]
