Housing, education, foster care among Mid-Valley lawmakers' 2025 legislative priorities
The 2025 session gets underway the following week, on Jan. 21, and must end on June 29. Democratic leadership has said they ...
Salem City Council to OK settlement for teen killed in 2020 crash
The first Salem City Council meeting of 2025 will kick off Monday with the swearing of a new mayor and councilors. Here's what to know.
Vote: Who should be the Maps Credit Union girls Athlete of the Week?
This week's nominees are from South Salem and Silverton wrestling and South Salem, Silverton and Jefferson basketball.
Apartment landlords sued by DOJ over rent pricing scheme have Salem-Keizer ties
Several Salem-Keizer apartment complexes may be using a rent-setting algorithmic software that has been the subject of legal pushback and named in a federal lawsuit for unlawfully decreasing ...
Construction begins on 180-unit affordable housing community at former Salem hospital site
The groundbreaking Thursday at the former Salem hospital site on Center Street kicked off construction on the 180-unit Gussie Belle Commons.
Vote: Who should be the Maps Credit Union boys Athlete of the Week?
To submit an Athlete of the Week nomination, please email Statesman Journal sports reporter Jarrid Denney at JDenney@salem.gannett.com with the athlete's name, stats and any other relevant information ...
What is the difference between Oregon's short and long legislative sessions?
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