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Mid Willamette Valley Wine Events -Memorial Day Weekend.

About the cover Silverton artist, Delana Bettoli, has a prestigious portfolio with her illustration work spanning across the music and film industries, children’s books, and the wine industry where she created wine labels for Neil Young and Cronin Vineyards.  The …

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Best use for boise

A 118 unit apartment complex may be constructed at Riverfront Park, on the site of the former Boise Cascade truck parking lot. The 3.7 acre parcel is west of

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Minto Island Growers – Behind the Barn

The first thing that struck me about Minto Island Growers, as I drove up their driveway in South Salem early one morning, was a sense of intense activity,

Killing doesn’t Pay

“The death penalty is getting a ‘pass’ from legislative scrutiny, when looking for ways to trim Oregon’s budget to fund starving schools and public safety”, said former Oregon

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MTA Protest stopped

On Friday, May 10, seven Salem people participating in a nationwide action against corporate corruption, were asked to disband by Oregon State Police. The seven, members of the Marion

From me to we

On May 19, Salem’s First Congregational United Church of Christ will present a special 2-hour workshop on climate change entitled “From Me to We: Discovering the Five Transformational

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Camas In Bloom Again

Camas, a perennial plant from the lily family, has played a vital part in the lives of Willamette Valley people for hundreds of years.  Though its range sharply

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Salem Food Co-op Birthday

Before dawn on a Thursday morning, a half-dozen bleary-eyed folks make their way to a small warehouse in  industrial Salem, where several pallets of dry staples and a

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Thom Hartmann in Salem

On Saturday April 27th, Thom Hartmann, a progressive national and international talk show host, spoke at Salem’s Grand theater to a standing room only crowd followed by a

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We can’t have nice things -US bank cuts trees down

U.S. Bank’s April 11 cutting of several historical Japanese Zelkova trees in downtown has spurred a protest and an arrest, and suggestions for reviews of city procedures. The process

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