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Hoopla will return to Salem for its 26th rendition, beginning July 22 and wrapping up July 27. Here is the 2025 event schedule.
A vacant spot on the corner of State and Front streets in downtown Salem near Riverfront Park will soon open as a new shop.
Better health care and improving a cultural asset are just some of the wins for Central Oregon from the Oregon Legislature.
The Portland-based theater company’s mobile show follows—literally and figuratively—two tour guides’ takes on Salem.
The Oregon Legislature commemorated late Senate President Peter Courtney on Wednesday with a memorial in the chamber he presided over for 20 years. (Photo by Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter/pool) Oregon bid ...
The final part of a mat slab that will serve as the new foundation for the Oregon State Capitol building will be poured early Wednesday. An estimated 60 to 65 trucks will roll into Salem to ...
A naming ceremony honoring the longtime state lawmaker was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, before the news broke about his death at age 81.
Former Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney died Tuesday morning, Gov. Tina Kotek announced in a press release.Courtney was the longest-serving legislator in ...
KATU’s Steve Dunn is at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem where this 1938 historic building has been undergoing extensive construction for the last eight years.
Part of the new mat slab that will serve as a foundation for the 1938 Oregon State Capitol building was poured Saturday morning. A convoy of 120 trucks rolled through downtown Salem in the early ...