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.

An abrupt halt to federal grants worth $12 billion around the country has state and local agencies contemplating layoffs and cuts to programs combatting diseases such as tuberculous, mpox and the flu.

About 30 people discussed aggressive federal cost-cutting efforts and sweeping layoffs in a Friday Braver Angels event organized to promote respectful political discussion and disagreement.

A Salem project was slated to combine more than a dozen government and nonprofit service providers into one downtown hub. State officials recently declined to back the effort after funding challenges forced project leaders to stray from their original plans.

State data shows deaths under Oregon’s assisted suicide law declined in 2024, even as prescriptions increased.

Colleges and universities in Oregon and California can no longer allow students without permanent legal status access to some federally funded programs meant to help disadvantaged students earn degrees, according to a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Education. Officials from the agency rescinded Biden-era waivers Thursday that had, since 2022 in California and…

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Mark Wardell, the leader of West Salem’s Community Emergency Response Team, explains what motivated him to start preparing for emergencies.

The state recently awarded the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency an $800,000 grant which will launch a new program to take unsheltered people released from prison or the Oregon State Hospital straight to a shelter where they can get behavioral health support. It aims to improve outcomes and reduce repeat arrests.

The city of Salem said in a release that it will begin testing the interconnected Salem-Keizer drinking water systems starting Friday through Monday. Some residents, mainly those in West Salem, will notice slight changes to the taste, color and odor of their drinking water during the testing period, the city said.

Recent Trump administration cuts mean about one million fewer pounds of food will come to the Marion Polk Food Share this year. It’s about 10% of the food the agency distributes and a large share of in-demand items like meat and eggs.

Amtrak suddenly withdrew dozens of train cars from service for emergency repairs, leaving the line that connects Salem to Portland and Seattle with just one train.

Marion County has one of two courts in Oregon with a program dedicated to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The service is intended to return Native American children to their parents’ custody by shaping the court process around Native families’ unique needs.

A public vigil for Zolayha Johnson is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Southeast Keizer Community Center.

Oregon Heart Center’s lawsuit alleging that Salem Health is attempting to push it out of the market can move forward after a Marion County judge decided that some of its claims, if true, could show the hospital was building an unlawful monopoly.

After abruptly refusing to accept and process new online applications for loan repayment plans, federal education officials changed course.

“Columbia River Canoe Project” will screen Saturday, March 29, at Salem Cinema, taking the viewer on a 1,300-mile canoe journey down the Columbia River from Butte to the Pacific Ocean. The screening starts at 5:30 p.m. and is followed by a Q&A session with canoer and one of the film’s creators, Robert Lester.