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Gov. Tina Kotek proclaimed Friday, Sept. 25, as Dolly Parton Day in Oregon during a Salem ceremony attended by 672 people, honoring the late singer's legacy and the Imagination Library's milestone of more than 4 million books distributed to children across all 36 Oregon counties.
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Gov. Tina Kotek proclaimed Friday, Sept. 25, as Dolly Parton Day in Oregon during a Salem ceremony attended by 672 people, honoring the late singer's legacy and the Imagination Library's milestone of more than 4 million books distributed to children across all 36 Oregon counties.
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Gov. Tina Kotek proclaimed Friday, Sept. 25, as Dolly Parton Day in Oregon during a Salem ceremony attended by 672 people, honoring the late singer's legacy and the Imagination Library's milestone of more than 4 million books distributed to children across all 36 Oregon counties.
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Oregon's average gas price reached $5.10 per gallon as of Sept. 14, ranking fourth-highest nationally, while diesel hit a record $6.55 statewide, squeezing Salem-area consumers heading into fall.
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The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission holds a public business meeting in Salem on Wednesday, Sept. 23, with votes scheduled on acquiring the 92-foot Abiqua Falls waterfall using $2.1 million in lottery bond funds and awarding construction contracts for Silver Falls State Park's new visitor center.
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Legacy Health's Sept. 30 deadline to exit UnitedHealthcare's network could affect 66,000 patients, but Legacy Silverton Medical Center and mid-Willamette Valley clinics operate under a separate contract and will remain in-network.
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Oregon DEQ opened applications for more than $7 million in grants to help fleet operators replace older diesel vehicles and install EV charging infrastructure, with the main diesel mitigation deadline set for Wednesday, Oct. 21.
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Gov. Tina Kotek and six other Democratic incumbents rallied about 5,000 union workers at a Labor Day picnic in Portland, marking the unofficial start of the 2026 election season as Kotek prepares for a rematch with Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan.
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A newly surfaced contract shows the state agreed to sell 32 acres of Salem land to Verrus for $6.7 million in May 2025, two months after the city signed a non-disclosure agreement with the company and more than a year before the deal became public.
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The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce will host a candidate forum on Thursday, Sept. 3, featuring 12 candidates across seven legislative districts ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
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Downtown Salem mail carrier Eric Euen marks 50 years of federal service with the U.S. Postal Service, a milestone that coincides with Oregon's legal fight to protect its vote-by-mail system from federal restrictions.
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Oregon's historic 2026 drought has burned 2.4 million acres, triggered the first-ever cuts to senior water rights and left reservoirs so depleted that Salem's legal fight to block the planned Detroit Lake drawdown carries new urgency for 220,000 water customers.
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A new Stateline analysis ranks Oregon among five states with the lowest rates of ICE arrests in local jails, while Marion County's sheriff refused all 29 federal cooperation requests last year and federal legal pressure continues to mount.
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Marion County commissioners are set to approve a two-year, $653,012 contract for juvenile department employees on Aug. 26, bringing 2% annual raises, doubled shift pay and more vacation days.
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Salem needs $11 million more per year to keep its streets from deteriorating further, Public Works Director Brian Martin told the City Council at an Aug. 17 work session, as the city weighs new taxes, fees and bonds to close the gap before its transportation fund goes negative by fiscal year 2029.
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