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Results of Salem-Keizer School District writing test show decline 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Fewer Salem-Keizer high schoolers met the minimum benchmark for writing despite the district's efforts and the new, higher stakes, according to state test results released today.
Flags to fly at half staff as nation remembers Sept. 11, 2001 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
PORTLAND, Ore. - On Tuesday, our nation will remember a tragedy that took thousands of lives and forever changed America. After 11 years, our memories of what happened on September 11, 2001 may be fad...
Police search for suspects in Salem stabbing, assault 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
SALEM, Ore. – Police in Salem are searching for six or seven suspects who they said stabbed one man several times and assaulted another in a parking lot Friday night. Police believe the stabbing was g...
Man dies in truck crash near Dallas, Ore. 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
DALLAS, Ore. – A 24-year-old man died and another man was injured in a truck crash Friday night near Dallas, police said. Byron Moore, 24, was driving a pickup truck on Highway 223 when he lost contro...
Shooting illustrates Marion Co. Jail's overcrowding problem 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The suspect in a fatal shooting of a Salem man this week was released from the Marion County Jail less than one month ago, once again drawing attention to the jail that officials sa...
Listening to loud music on earphones, teenager struck by train 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
JEFFERSON, Ore. -- An 18-year-old man was taken to the hospital Friday afternoon after he was struck by a train in Jefferson. Police said Salem's Jesus Bearden was walking along the railroad tracks in...
Marijuana-legalization measure denied ballot by Marion County judge 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
A Marion County judge has denied a request to place a second marijuana-legalization measure on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Chemeketa building evacuated due to smoke 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
From Marion County Fire District #1:At 12:34 today, crews from Marion County Fire District #1 responded to a report of smoke inside of a building at Chemeketa Community College - Salem Campus. First a...
Salem woman working to preserve her family's past 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
A dining room table. Onyx earrings. A cat. A car. A hand-painted dish. Ashes, money, debt. Most people, at some point in their lives, will inherit something whether or not they want it.
Jail overcrowding blamed for release of man now accused of murder 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
SALEM, Ore. – The man accused of shooting and killing another man outside a Walmart Monday morning was released from jail three weeks ago because of overcrowding. The jail commander, Sheila Lorance, w...
