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Salem is a city 180,000 people about 50 miles (80 km) south of Portland in the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon. The fire was south of the city limits, near the interface between densely ...
The earliest newspaper in Oregon was the Oregon Spectator, published in Oregon City from 1846, by a press association headed by George Abernethy. [2] This was joined in November 1850 by the Milwaukie Western Star and two partisan papers – the Whig Oregonian, published in Portland beginning on December 4, 1850, and the Democratic Statesman, launched in Oregon City in March 1851. [2]
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 Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1851 as the Oregon Statesman, it later merged with the Capital Journal to form the current newspaper, the second-oldest in Oregon. The Statesman Journal is distributed in Salem, Keizer, and portions of the mid- Willamette Valley.
Salem City Council is set to vote Monday on moving millions of infrastructure bond dollars to two large affordable housing developments planned in the city. In 2022, Salem voters approved a $300 ...
The Salem City Council will vote Monday on whether to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. Oregon law requires the city to adopt the budget by the July 1 deadline, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
The Oregon State Capitol is the building housing the state legislature and the offices of the governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in the state capital, Salem. Constructed from 1936 to 1938 and expanded in 1977, the current building is the third to house the Oregon state government in Salem.
High water floods a pathway in Minto Brown Island Park on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. High water from rain caused the level of the Willamette River to reach near action levels and caused trails ...