Archive for December, 2011

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Living with NAFTA

Ports up and down the west coast were forced to close due to a multi-city action sponsored by a faction of the Occupy movement on Monday, December 12th, raising the question: What are the protesters protesting? Answers are complex, of …

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Little North Santiam Trail

How to get there: From Salem, travel east on Highway 22 for approximately 25 miles, passing through the town of Mehama and turn north onto North Fork Rd. (Look

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Growthbusters

Few of us who live here and now, in the United States in the early two-thousand-teens, think twice about the assumption that growth is a very good thing.

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They Came From Here

Mark Powers Before: A 2006 Wisconsin transplant entranced by the bright lights of Oregon’s capital. Now: A musician that traveled to East Africa to record Amaloboozi, a CD of Uganda

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A big Grand Celtic Winter Concert

The sounds of the season are about to kick off at the Salem Grand Theater with a one-of-a-kind Celtic concert. Seasonally-themed music will put you in the holiday

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Where We Spend Our Money Matters

Every time we open our wallets we make a choice. We are choosing whether or not our independent, locally owned stores will succeed. We are choosing

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Occupying the Community

Occupy Salem, in common with its sister movements across the nation inspired by Occupy Wall Street, claims to have no leaders. Occupy Wall Street began September 17 in

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How low should wages go?

With the economy nosediving, more people are keeping close tabs on policies at every level of government - especially policies that affect the household pocket book. Unless you’ve

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Fracking stop, already!

Many of us have seen the footage: as tap water streams from a kitchen faucet, it explodes into flame. The explanation is that well water has been

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Shellburg Falls

How To Get There: From Salem, head East on HWY 22 approximately 24 miles to Mehama. Turn left onto Fern Ridge Road (look for Gene’s Meat Market at this

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