The fate of Salem's libraries, parks and Center 50+ returns to Salem City Council on Monday. Council members will vote on ...

Salem politics are going brat. Departing Ward 1 City Councilor Virginia Stapleton and Vik Schaaf, a local educator who handled social media when Stapleton ran unsuccessfully for House District 21 ...

City council discussed revisiting the possibility of permitting the construction of a marijuana dispensary in the city in its meeting Tuesday. Councilman Ron Zellers said that when the decision was ...

More than 140 people packed into Salem City Council chambers Monday night for the swearing-in ceremonies of new Mayor Julie Hoy, new councilors Paul Tigan, Shane Matthews and Irvin Brown ...

The Salem City Council voted Monday to pay $133,600 to the father of a teen killed in a south Salem crash in 2020 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. The settlement comes more than four years ...

SALEM — City council gave a first reading to revisions to the city’s animal ordinance in its meeting Tuesday. The city’s animal ordinance had previously been discussed at length by the rules and ...

The venerable city seal of Salem, depicting a Salem ship in Sumatran waters and an Acehnese figure on its coastal foreground, has drawn critique and contention in the last few ...

SALEM — City Auditor Sal Salvino provided city council with a review of the city’s revenues in its meeting Tuesday. The city’s revenues increased in 2024, generating $7,006,215.31 in revenue, and an ...