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5 days ago · Reactions to federal upheavals, shifts in health care access, community efforts to help feed people and a mass stabbing were among the major events in Salem in 2025.

4 days ago · This year put us one-quarter of the way through the 21st century, and it certainly didn’t lack in news to mark it.

Mar 5, 2022 · That moment will come this weekend, as athletes from around the world take part in this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 Oregon. IRONMAN will host thousands of athletes as they compete in the …

Dec 28, 2025 · Salem, Ore. — Salem Police detectives with the Strategic Investigations Unit served a search warrant on December 22, 2025, at a […]

Dec 23, 2025 · Salem police arrested a 39-year-old man after a woman reported being kidnapped at gunpoint, with investigators recovering...

Salem is preparing for an atmospheric river expected to bring heavy rain, rising creeks and potential flooding across the Mid-Willamette Valley this week.

Dec 19, 2025 · Live updates: Clackamas Co. ends most evacuation orders; Salem ‘Be Ready’ orders still in effect Christmas Ships Parades on Willamette and Columbia rivers cancelled tonight

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