Rachel Alexander

Two local moms lead Salem’s chapter of BeSmart, a gun safety campaign that educates parents about safe firearm storage and provides free resources to keep guns away from kids.

Business leaders presented data on the state of Salem’s economy at the annual SVN Economic Forum, including the region’s housing growth and interest from tech companies in locating data centers in the area.

Over the past 20 years, Salem’s regional food bank has doubled the amount they give out, but sometimes has to turn away donations because they don’t have freezer space.

This story was updated at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday after power had been restored. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, power has been restored to more than 3,400 Salem homes and businesses after they lost power Monday night as high winds and rain swept through the area.  According to Portland General Electric’s outages map, a couple of […]

The Salem-Keizer School District will not end or rename programs focused on equity or otherwise change operations in response to Trump administration directives that Superintendent Andrea Castañeda described as “legally unclear.”

West Salem High School recently earned a national recognition banner from the Special Olympics for its Unified program. The school celebrated with an assembly.

Superintendent Andrea Castañeda briefly addressed uncertainty over federal schools funding in a Feb. 11 meeting, but said the district remains on track for a balanced budget this year.

The Chemeketa Community College board will vote Feb. 19 about whether to put a $140 million construction package back on the ballot in May. The measure wouldn’t raise tax rates and would likely appear alongside a city of Salem tax levy intended to avoid drastic cuts to city services.

Salem city councilors stayed silent Monday after City Manager Keith Stahley’s office was abruptly vacated.

When a longtime teacher retired, Joe Matot strapped on his apron and stepped in to run Crossler’s industrial technology program to prevent it from going away.