4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (666+ words) MCMINNVILLE— In 2021, Richard Smith and Serengeti Savage took over the downtown McMinnville tea shop where they had their first date. The shop sits along the town’s popular Third Street, which is lined with antique shops, restaurants, wineries and other unique…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (531+ words) The U.S. Forest Service plans to close a century-old Portland-based forest research station and a regional U.S. Forest Service headquarters but open a new federal office in Salem in a massive restructuring of the federal agency. The movements are part of a…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (398+ words) The original story: In June 2024, Salem city councilors unanimously approved a controversial agreement between the city and Willamette University allowing the university, in partnership with a for-profit summer baseball league, to retrofit baseball fields next to Bush’s Pasture Park. The…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (315+ words) Join fellow local contractors at the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce for a Forum where we will hear from City of Salem staff and civil engineers about upcoming City projects for this year and the process for submitting bids. This…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (768+ words) State lawmakers will now be contending with a $63 million budget deficit in the two-year budget cycle that ends in June 2027, about 83% smaller than the reality they faced just days ago. That’s in large part because the state in recent weeks…...