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Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857. Salem had a population of 175,535 at the 2020 census, [8] making it the third-most populous city in the state after Portland and Eugene. Salem is the principal city of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that ...
The Salem Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency for the city of Salem. Salem is the capital of Oregon and is its third-largest city behind Portland and Eugene. Salem police officers are charged with enforcing all of Oregon's criminal laws and Oregon Revised Statutes. They also enforce city-created criminal codes and violations ...
Cherriots, officially the Salem Area Mass Transit District, is a public transit operator based in Salem, Oregon, United States. The agency, whose name refers to the city's nickname (The Cherry City), provides bus and paratransit service in Salem and neighboring Keizer. It was founded in 1979 as the Salem Area Mass Transit District, replacing ...
Now a city of Salem employee, Cardoso’s journey to leading Salem Capital Pride began in March 2019 when the small group of people who had been putting on Pride for years posted a call to action ...
The city of Salem announced Thursday that a new fire chief has been hired to lead the department of 275 employees. David Gerboth, currently the assistant fire chief at the San Diego Fire-Rescue ...
Salem-Keizer School District (24J) is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Salem and Keizer. It is the second-largest school district in the state with approximately 40,000 students and nearly 4,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees. [3] It serves more than 172 square miles (450 km 2) of Marion and Polk ...
The push by Salem City Council last year to implement a doomed payroll tax may have been at the detriment of Chris Hoy's campaign. Council passed the employee-paid payroll tax in July in a 5-4 ...
The Salem Public Library was established by the Salem Woman's Club in May 1904, with 50 donated books, [2] and located in the city council chamber beginning later that year. The library board appealed to industrialist Andrew Carnegie to fund the construction of a permanent library, and was granted $27,500. The library, located at the corner of ...