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Salem has secured $4 million in federal funding to strengthen emergency services and roadway safety! The investment will support the REACH program, new response equipment, and better coordination between local and regional agencies.
There’s plenty happening around Salem this weekend! 🍂 Take a look at the local events filling the calendar November 6-8 and start making your weekend plans.
Traveling to the Salem area? We rounded up Salem and Keizer hotels based on the kinds of stays they’re best suited for, so you can find a good fit without overthinking it.
McKay High School’s female athletes are finding new ways to connect, grow, and lead through WIS3 UP. The student program brings athletes from different sports together for monthly activities focused on confidence, teamwork and community.
Find Salem events for Halloween weekend, October 30-November 1, including trick-or-treating, live music, workshops, family events, and more. 🎃
Veterinary care will soon be traveling closer to Salem-area pets and their families. Oregon Humane’s new mobile clinic is expected to serve approximately 5,000 pets each year with spay and neuter surgeries, wellness exams, and preventive care.
Salem’s art scene can be easy to overlook until you start paying attention to it. It’s spread across downtown galleries, campus collections, historic spaces, cultural exhibits, and public places you might pass every week without really noticing. This guide is a good excuse to slow down, look around, and see a different side of the city.
We've got a very full fall weekend in Salem! 🍂 Here’s what’s happening October 23-25.
Salem’s Civic Center is getting a new piece of public art rooted in the Willamette Valley. A new steel art installation inspired by Oregon white oaks will welcome visitors when the renovated Civic Center reopens in early 2027.
Riverfront Park’s new playground is ready for play! Learn more about the accessible features, climbing structures, wildlife-themed scavenger hunt and other additions families will find at the renovated Salem park.
Weekends are better when they bring the community together. Here are a few local events happening around Salem October 9-11.
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