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647 stories · Updated automatically as reporting is publishedDowntown Salem leaders and service providers outlined a mix of safety, services and business support efforts Thursday morning, as city officials reported paid parking revenues are outperform...
Salem Business JournalSalem Mayor Julie Hoy is putting the city’s budget outlook at the center of her case to voters as the 2026 mayoral race takes shape, arguing Salem is in a...
Salem Business JournalSalem City Council voted unanimously Monday night to advance the repeal of the Downtown Parking District Tax, a long-running assessment paid by businesses in the downtown core to help fund.....
Salem Business JournalAt Monday night’s Salem City Council meeting, councilors zeroed in on a familiar complaint from residents and nearby business owners: state-owned highway corridors and rights-of-way that col...
Salem Business JournalSalem City Council voted Monday night to add four full-time ambulance medic positions to the Salem Fire Department’s EMS division — two EMTs and two paramedics — after Salem Fire...
Salem Business JournalIn Battlecreek Heights, a volunteer neighborhood project meant to replace a worn, vandalized entrance sign has ended with a new steel sign sitting beside a resident’s house — taken down...
Salem Business JournalUrban 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...
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