A bill would create a grant program to fund metal detectors and violence prevention training for health care workplaces, and require data collection.

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Exhibitions in Salem this month will celebrate spring blooms, share local fashion history and showcase work by young artists. Free events include Slow Art Day, lectures on art history and downtown’s Salem Art Walk on Friday.

Salem police say Logan Friesen, 28, was arrested Tuesday while trying to meet a detective posing as a minor. He is charged in Marion County Circuit Court with online sexual corruption of a child, luring a minor and purchasing sex with a minor.

The city of Salem will eliminate the deputy city manager position to save money after Deputy City Manager Scott Archer leaves his post on April 11. The move is part of a series of cost-cutting measures taken by the city in February which include slashing overtime with the exception of meeting staffing requirements, reducing supply…

Employees of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency’s Head Start programs took a loop Tuesday morning through Riverfront and Wallace Marine parks to spread awareness about child abuse and neglect.

Events in Salem this week include a new planetarium show focused on telescopes, live hardcore and hip-hop shows, and the biggest celebration of comics in the region.

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality will soon regulate the pollution and any cleanup of six PFAS compounds known to be harmful to human health.

Experts say the Oregon’s lack of market-related data on cannabis may be hampering its efforts to fight illegal growers.

Columnist and bird expert Harry Fuller explains why and how to keep bird feeders clean so disease doesn’t spread.

Mark Meleason alleged in a lawsuit filed March 21 in Marion County Circuit Court that failures in training, supervision and policy by Oregon’s state police and justice department resulted in a DEA agent running a stop sign and killing his wife, cyclist Marganne Allen.

The city of Salem is inviting the public to learn about its plan to update Riverfront Park’s playground and give feedback on how to make it more accessible for children at an April 12 open house. The upgraded playground is set to be done in 2026, thanks in part to a large state grant the…

A pickup truck driver struck a 58-year-old pedestrian Tuesday morning in the Highland neighborhood, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition. The crash shut down the 1900 block of Northeast Broadway Street, Salem police said.

Gov. Tina Kotek proposed an additional $100 million to continue the Early Literacy Success Initiative grants across Oregon schools but some want more targeted spending.

A team of second and fourth graders from Heritage School are headed to a national competition with their concept for a patch that can send health information for people with dementia to their caregivers.

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The Union Gospel Mission announced Monday that Craig Smith, a local volunteer and agriculture business leader, will become the organization’s new executive director May 1.

Outcry against Sen. David Brock Smith’s bill to end mail-in voting overwhelmed the state Legislature’s website.