Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Business
Salem's Slayden Constructors, a 182-employee heavy construction firm, was the only Salem-headquartered company named among 44 midsize employers on the 2026 Oregon and Southwest Washington Top Workplaces list.
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Salem's Slayden Constructors, a 182-employee heavy construction firm, was the only Salem-headquartered company named among 44 midsize employers on the 2026 Oregon and Southwest Washington Top Workplaces list.
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Salem's Slayden Constructors, a 182-employee heavy construction firm, was the only Salem-headquartered company named among 44 midsize employers on the 2026 Oregon and Southwest Washington Top Workplaces list.
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The Keizertimes published its final print edition Aug. 28 after 47 years, merging with Salem Reporter effective Sept. 1 and moving operations from Keizer to downtown Salem.
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Salem's former Rite Aid at 681 Lancaster Drive NE remains vacant more than a year after closing, one of 19 empty Oregon Rite Aid sites statewide, while the nearby Roth's Fresh Markets prepares to close around Sept. 15, leaving two major vacancies on the same north Salem retail corridor.
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Salem Health has privately settled its $6.4 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against California cancer tech company RefleXion over a radiation machine the health system alleged underperformed older equipment; settlement terms were not disclosed.
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A Salem Reporter investigation finds that Verrus, the company proposing a $5 billion data center in Salem, has never completed a data center of its own, and its only other project in Michigan faces legal threats and delays.
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The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Aug. 14 at ODFW headquarters in Salem to require electronic vessel monitoring on all commercial Dungeness crab boats by Feb. 1, 2027, and approved experimental gear permits to reduce whale entanglements.
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Fitzpatrick Painting & Construction, a 32-year-old Willamette Valley contractor with more than 80 full-time painters, earned the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce's Aug. 12 business spotlight for its employee-first staffing model and lifetime warranty on exterior residential work.
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Victory Round, a new kickboxing and training studio at 4175 Silverton Rd NE co-owned by Deanna Tapia and Noe Ramirez, opened July 31 and offers free Monday evening kickboxing classes and affordable one-on-one personal training.
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Oregon's 16 Medicaid insurers earned $67 million collectively in 2025 after nearly breaking even the year before, buoyed by $149 million in emergency state and federal funding. The recovery stabilizes PacificSource Community Solutions, the CCO managing care for about 168,000 Medicaid enrollees in Marion and Polk counties who depend on Salem Health.
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Pentacle Theatre has announced a seven-show 2027 season running from January through November, featuring productions ranging from the screwball comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner" to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Pride and Prejudice."
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A $5 million Crunch Fitness franchise operated by the nation's largest Crunch franchisee is set to open at 2025 Lancaster Drive NE in Salem, but its pre-opening marketing drew public backlash after representatives set up a solicitation table on Physiq Fitness property and refused to leave.
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The Salem metro area added 4,500 jobs over the past year and held a 4.9% unemployment rate in June 2026, outperforming Oregon's statewide 5.2% rate, which tied for the nation's highest.
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Sarina's Italian Kitchen, a ghost kitchen that launched inside McGrath's Fish House in 2021, opened its first full-service restaurant at 401 Center St. NE in the Salem Center mall on July 23, bringing about 20 jobs and a new dining option to downtown Salem.
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