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Withnell Dodge/Ram Sells Dealership to Roberson Motors Inc.
SALEM- The Withnell Dodge/Ram car dealership at 2650 Commercial Street SE has closed and is changing owners effective March 1, 2023.
The dealership has been in the Salem community since 1980 but will be replaced by Roberson Motors.
A Facebook post by owner David Withnell alerted followers of the impending sale of the business.
“This was in the works for a little while as it takes a long time for these things to transpire,” owner Da…
Valiant the Sandwich Moves Sandwich Shop to the Heart of Downtown
SALEM- Valiant the Sandwich opened their new location downtown after opening up during the pandemic and developing a cult following.
Their new space is located at 477 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301.
Owner Joshua St. James was born and raised in the Salem area and has worked in the food industry for several years. In 2018, Avid Cider hired him to r…
Local Freres’s Mass Ply Panels shape the near-complete PDX Airport roof
Freres's Mass Ply Panels shape the near-complete PDX Airport roof
PDX's new terminal mass timber roof is installed
LYONS, Ore. 14 February, 2023 - Four hundred thousand square feet of Freres Engineered Wood’s Mass Ply Panels was used on the 9-acre mass timber roof in the Port of Portland’s PDX Terminal Project. The Port of Portland recently announ…
OREGON HERITAGE RELEASES 2022 OREGON MAIN STREET ANNUAL REPORT
SALEM, Oregon – The 2022 Oregon Main Street Annual Report shares programmatic highlights as well as annual and cumulative revitalization statistics from communities participating in the Main Street Track of the Oregon Main Street Network.
Data from the 38 communities submitting quarterly reports in 2022 showed there were:
$34,064,038 private sector …
Salem Resident Among First Peace Corps Volunteers to Return to Service Overseas
SALEM, Ore. – Salem resident David Magnello is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020. The Peace Corps suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I was drawn to the …
STATE TO REOPEN OREGON HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND PROGRAM PORTAL TO NEW APPLICATIONS
SALEM, ORE. - Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will resume accepting new applications for the Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) Program on March 8, 2023. The agency estimates there are enough funds to support about 700 additional eligible homeowners. The program offers federal temporary COVID-19 emergency mortgage relief intended to suppor…
Kaiser Permanente Invests $3.3 million in Community
Kaiser Permanente of the Northwest has awarded $3.3 million in community grants to 11 nonprofit organizations, as part of a new initiative aimed at building social connections and reducing social isolation in BIPOC, immigrant and refugee, and LGBTQ+ communities.
“We know that social isolation has a negative impact on a person’s physical and ment…
CITY OF SALEM AND 2023 GO BONDS RETAIN AA2 RATING FROM MOODY’S
Salem, Ore. - Moody’s Investor Service has assigned an Aa2 rating to the City of Salem and the City’s 2023 General Obligation Bonds.
By approving the $300 million community improvement bond measure in November 2022, residents in Salem have allowed the City to fund a 10-year plan to increase funding for street upgrades, sidewalk construct…
Oregon’s 2023 Teacher of the Year was named Rosa Floyd of Woodburn.
Rosa’s heart for her students has rippled beyond her classroom to positively impact her Woodburn community. See a Need, Fill a Need
Rosa’s journey to teaching was a bit more roundabout than the usual path. After moving to Hillsboro from Guadalajara, Mexico, Rosa quickly found a calling in supporting the community’s Spanish-speaking migrant families through education. So, she traded in her degree in Architecture for a teaching license and has spent the last …