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In preparation for Memorial Day weekend, we check out a couple of local wineries: Bethel Heights and Left Coast Cellars. Both wineries, lie within the Van Duzer Corridor,

Disney’s animated pro-environment movie “The Lorax” created a kerfuffle even before it was released in March, drawing jeers from conservative TV personality Lou Dobbs who called it “insidious

With local institution Weathers Music Corporation closing in June after more than 50 years serving Salem, the Cherry City music community is taking a hit. However, there are

Gardeners who grow their own food in part to lighten their global footprint should consider that purchasing baby plants from a Salem “big box” store means that their

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

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

The definition of an Economic Improvement District (EID) can sound dry; it’s the creation of a special sector where property owners agree to tax themselves an additional fee

Morningside Neighborhood Association and other Salem citizens were outraged by an April 3 vote by Salem’s Planning Commission to approve conventional apartment blocks to be built within a