May 10 saw an activist climbing to the top of the Salem Capitol’s flagpole to hang a banner, hoping to bring attention to a little-known state program that

You know you have a problem when your main street has more lanes than your Interstate Downtown Salem had another meeting with an out-of-town expert, that was attended by the Usual

One-and-a-half-mile long trains, strung entirely with uncovered coal cars, may soon pass through Salem neighborhoods and within a half mile of our Capitol, downtown businesses, the State fairgrounds

Statesman Journal president and publisher Steve Silberman sent out a letter to current subscribers outlining the daily paper’s plan to only allow full access to the paper’s Web

We hear the public gets the government they deserve. We disagree. Our slice of heaven deserves intelligent planning, sensible spending and public architecture of which we can be

Salem Weekly believes primary elections, like the one on May 15, are crucial. Political strategists such as Rick Hartwig, president of Marion County Democrats, and Tina Calos, voter registration

Lisa Godwin, the parent who objected to her daughter’s teacher passing out a flyer from an outside religious organization, has come to have input in the school district’s

“This city is like the utilities I regulated,” says Evan White, running for the Ward 7 Salem City Council seat on May 15. “You have a lot of

Democrat voters may be perplexed by Oregon’s Attorney General race because both candidates, Ellen Rosenblum and Dwight Holton, are Democrats. Both have impressive lists of endorsements and years