The long-empty former Rite Aid building at 435 Liberty St. NE has a new tenant lined up: El Torito Supermarket. Owners Lily Perez and Alfredo Mendez say they got the…
The Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency will open overnight warming centers Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 29–30, offering a temporary place to get out of the cold for people at risk…
SALEM, Ore. — The Salem City Council voted 5–4 on Dec. 8 to reappoint Kyle Hedquist to the city’s Community Police Review Board, a volunteer panel that reviews complaints about…
The PAC Community Center, a longtime indoor sports facility in Salem, will reopen under the management of NPJ Sports Complex beginning Jan. 1, marking a new operational chapter aimed at…
For many Salem families, a stop at Maravilla’s Bakery & Coffee is part of both routine and celebration: pan dulce after Sunday mass, rosca de reyes in January, sweet bread…
A Republican-led campaign seeking to roll back parts of Oregon’s new transportation funding law turned in 194,000 voter signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division on Friday, a…
Pacific and Willamette Universities are taking formal steps toward a merger that would create Oregon’s largest private university. The institutions have signed a letter of intent to pursue due diligence…
Okay, we’re just going to say it: Ocean Sushi & Teriyaki in Keizer might be the freshest sushi we’ve found in the mid-Willamette Valley so far, and we’re still thinking…
On Halloween night in West Salem, account executive and outreach volunteer Jennifer Benavidez joined a small group outside a Dollar General to talk with people living outside. One of the…
An independent fiscal review of Church at the Park, one of Salem’s main shelter providers, says the nonprofit directs about 91% of its funding to program services, challenging social media…
