The background: The fountain was a gift to the people of Oregon from former Gov. Charles Sprague and his wife, Blanche, a $100,000 bequest to beautify the Capitol Mall. Sprague, the longtime publisher ...

The utilities commission discussed the rate of progress for phase three improvements at the wastewater treatment plant in its meeting Thursday. Burgess and Niple Contract Administrator Don Tych said ...

Three people are running to fill the Ward 6 Salem City Council seat left vacant by Mayor Julie Hoy. Here are the candidates.

An infusion of funding and newly introduced legislation has raised hopes that Lincoln’s New Salem Historic site can be ...

Facing potential violation and permitting fees totaling thousands of dollars, some Salem shop owners say they feel harassed ...

City council is eyeing a new end-of-year report system. In a meeting of the committee of the whole Tuesday, Councilwoman Sara Baer presented the other members of city council with an end-of-year ...

A state historic site where Abraham Lincoln spent some of his formative years will get $8 million for improvements from the state.

The strategy has been widely discussed as a solution to filling empty buildings but brings several cost and regulatory ...

A single architectural model can represent hundreds of hours of work and hard-won solutions to complex design problems. It’s ...

New fencing installed by the Oregon Department of Transportation aims to end homeless camping in several Salem locations.

The shooter fired more than a dozen times early Thursday morning, causing “extensive damage to cars” and showroom windows, police said.

The Oregon city of Corvallis has been sister cities ... an offshoot of a fitness and body-building competition founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger. In that multi-sport event, a group of eight ...