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621 stories · Updated automatically as reporting is publishedUrban Air Adventure Park, an indoor family entertainment franchise with more than 400 parks open or under development, has signed a franchise agreement to open its first Oregon location in.....
Salem Business JournalSALEM, Ore. — State Rep. Ed Diehl, a Scio Republican known for helping lead the petition drive targeting Oregon’s latest transportation tax increases, has filed to run for governor in...
Salem Business JournalThe City of Salem’s sign department, tasked with ensuring public safety and maintaining the “neat, clean, orderly, and attractive appearance of the community,” has become a pressure point fo...
Salem Business JournalSalem Health Hospitals and Clinics and Santiam Hospital & Clinics have signed a definitive partnership agreement that would bring Santiam into the Salem Health system, a move the organizatio...
Salem Business JournalSALEM — Salem Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Hoffert asked Salem City Council Monday night to commit, for the next year, to not raising taxes or fees on small...
Salem Business JournalSALEM — Salem’s first mayoral debate of the 2026 election, Hosted by the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, opened with a rare point of agreement that drew applause from a...
Salem Business JournalHunsaker Dental plans a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday, Jan. 12, to mark the opening of its new Salem building, a move the practice says was driven by growth and the...
Salem Business JournalSALEM — Salem City Council voted Wednesday night to remove Kyle Hedquist from two city bodies tied closely to public trust and discipline — the Community Police Review Board and...
Salem Business JournalSalem Public Library’s year-end “2025 Wrapped” recap shows steady demand for library services, with hundreds of thousands of visits, more than a million checkouts and a busy schedule of publ...
Salem Business JournalSalem has every right to be angry about the City Council’s decision to keep Kyle Hedquist on the Community Police Review Board. People can call it irresponsible. People can argue...
Salem Business JournalSarina’s Italian Kitchen is developing a brick-and-mortar restaurant at Salem Center in downtown Salem, an expansion Ryan Sarina said builds on the brand’s delivery-focused “ghost kitchen” m...
Salem Business JournalSalem has returned to normal drinking-water operations after briefly supplementing its system with water from the City of Keizer during a stretch of storm-driven river conditions that reduce...
Salem Business JournalThe 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...
Salem Business JournalThe 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 Business JournalSALEM, 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...
Salem Business JournalThe 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...
Salem Business JournalFor 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...
Salem Business JournalA 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 Fr...
Salem Business JournalPacific 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 d...
Salem Business JournalOkay, 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...
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