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213 stories · Updated automatically as reporting is publishedOregon officials used a Feb. 13 agriculture gathering in Salem to preview a new approach to supporting food and agriculture businesses: a pilot network designed to help producers and process...
Salem Business JournalCherriots has launched a new cloud-based Transit Signal Priority system designed to make buses more reliable along one of Salem’s busiest corridors. The Salem Area Mass Transit District, in...
Salem Business JournalDrivers can’t cut through Electric Alley right now, and that change is expected to last through May 9, 2026. For the small businesses tucked into the alleyway, the closure isn’t...
Salem Business JournalSalem City Council voted Monday night to direct city staff to begin researching ways the city could help keep renters housed, approving a broad information-gathering motion after a more deta...
Salem Business JournalSalem City Council voted 7-2 Monday night to approve a $200,000 emergency relief pilot program intended to help families facing urgent needs tied to federal immigration enforcement activity....
Salem Business JournalSalem Mayor Julie Hoy is disputing claims that she refused to sign a Feb. 5 letter from Gov. Tina Kotek and a group of Oregon mayors to the U.S. Department...
Salem Business JournalA Salem small business owner told the Salem City Council on Jan. 12 that he was stabbed while cleaning a downtown-area building, a firsthand account that came as city leaders...
Salem Business JournalSalem is pressing pause on sign code enforcement — a reset City Manager Krishna Namburi says is meant to give businesses breathing room while the city works with the community...
Salem Business JournalDowntown 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 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 — 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 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 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...
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