Salem Community Pulse

Salem City Council votes Sept. 28 on dropping residential speed limits to 20 mph under the "20 is Plenty" program.

• Safety gains: Pedestrians have a...

The Salem Out of the Darkness Walk offers residents an accessible gathering for remembrance, connection, and suicide-prevention support through a...

A Salem father received a 66-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to abusing his 6-week-old twins.

• Reece Sorenson admitted using force on...

Salem commuters now face direct campaign billboards as the Oregon governor race intensifies six weeks before Election Day.

• Republican Christine...

Northeast Salem residents rank public safety, crime, traffic, and homelessness-related public health issues as their top problems. Northeast United aims to bridge these concerns by engaging residents and city leaders on local responses.

Overnight gusty winds knocked out power across parts of the Salem area, closing schools and disabling traffic lights.

• Outage scope: A fallen tree...

The former Truitt Brothers cannery's return to market for $11.999 million puts its approved 382-unit mixed-use project—including housing, commercial...

Luke Hargrove, head chef at Nett's restaurant, is recovering from fractured ribs, a concussion, 18 stitches, and a shattered knee after being struck...

Southbound I-5 gains a third lane from Kuebler Boulevard to Delaney Road, easing truck bottlenecks on hilly terrain.

• Project wraps by end of...

A Seattle couple alleges Salem Health forced them to drive their dead infant son home from the ER last September, claiming negligence during their...

• 25th Hop and Heritage Festival runs Sept. 26 in Independence, just 15 minutes from Salem.
• Salem breweries like Xicha, Ratchet, and Santiam pour...

Salem is considering restructuring its city operations fee to generate an extra $1.4 million annually for the general fund, which covers police, fire...

Salem-area residents seeking stable public-sector work can apply for several full-time permanent administrative positions with Oregon state agencies...

Salem-Keizer Public Schools fired Stephens Middle School teacher Tristen Wilson on September 22 after his August DUII crash allegedly killed one...

Brennan Young’s Regional Teacher of the Year award at South Salem High School shows how inclusive education and community integration create lasting...

A Salem-Keizer middle school teacher was fired Sept. 22, weeks after his arrest for allegedly killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run while driving...

What responsibilities do hospitals hold when families lose a child far from home?

• Lawsuit alleges staff directed parents to drive their deceased...

• New policy: Pacific Power will charge future data centers for all new generation, storage, transmission and upgrades needed to serve them.
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• Human toll: Campers like Alexandra Kaiser, at Wallace Marine Park for over a decade, sobbed through the night and lost belongings again as crews...

How should residents view Salem-Keizer’s test gains when the majority of students remain below grade level?

• Literacy jump: Third-grade proficiency...