Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Oregon's Bounty fills the State Capitol with farm animals and square dancing Saturday, a Hispanic Heritage food fair and Venture Hall's first open mic night follow Tuesday, and harvest festivals round out the week of Oct. 1–7 in Salem.
Community
Oregon's Bounty fills the State Capitol with farm animals and square dancing Saturday, a Hispanic Heritage food fair and Venture Hall's first open mic night follow Tuesday, and harvest festivals round out the week of Oct. 1–7 in Salem.
Community
Oregon's Bounty fills the State Capitol with farm animals and square dancing Saturday, a Hispanic Heritage food fair and Venture Hall's first open mic night follow Tuesday, and harvest festivals round out the week of Oct. 1–7 in Salem.
Community
Lee Asher's Asher House Animal Sanctuary, a 240-acre nonprofit rescue in Salem, shelters more than 250 animals and offers dogs for adoption, with the Animal Planet alum praising Marion County's support for helping the operation grow.
Community
Fentanyl Free Oregon and Punx with Purpose each received $2,500 from the Do it Best Foundation's $144,000 nationwide grant round, funding substance-use awareness and youth services in Salem.
Community
The Oregon State Fair opened Friday, Aug. 28, in Salem for an 11-day run featuring the new America 250 Live daily show, nightly concerts headlined by Nate Smith on opening night, and more than 4,200 livestock entries.
Community
Salem's Pentacle Theatre is casting seven actors for "Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol," with open auditions on Saturday, Sept. 26 at its downtown rehearsal studio.
Community
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is accepting free entries from K-12 students for its Ready Oregon Youth Art Contest, with artwork due by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 and Salem families able to mail submissions to OEM headquarters on Fairview Industrial Drive.
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The REC: Commons, a new space combining a coffee shop, conference rooms and youth programs, celebrated its ribbon-cutting on Friday, Aug. 21, on Lancaster Drive NE in East Salem near McKay High School.
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Wandering Players Theatrics has signed a lease for the former seven-screen Cinebarre multiplex at Salem Center, planning to open a performing arts and community center with "Evil Dead The Musical" launching Oct. 23.
Community
Marion County commissioners approved an estimated $450,000 intergovernmental agreement making Chemeketa Community College the raw water supplier for the Brooks Community Service District, advancing a $14.57 million ARPA-funded drinking water project expected to finish in November.
Community
Wandering Players Theatrics holds open auditions Saturday, Aug. 29, for its paid production of Evil Dead The Musical, the first show at its new permanent downtown Salem venue in the former Cinebarre space.
Community
Black Joy Farm, founded by Juli Ray Joy in Salem in 2024, produced 3,000 pounds of food and fed 245 families in its first full year, filling a gap for the city's Black queer community amid rising statewide food insecurity.
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Artists in Action is accepting submissions through Oct. 14 for a juried Fiber Arts Show and "Upcycled Creations" Fashion Show opening Nov. 6 at Elsinore Framing and Fine Art Gallery in Salem, with cash prizes up to $300.
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Salem is treating up to 1,200 ash trees with insecticide, removing unhealthy ones and replanting with diverse species as part of a long-term plan to fight the emerald ash borer confirmed in south Salem in July 2026.
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