Basque Bites After Dark: Pintxos In The Alley Redefines Commercial Street Nights
This article contains content summarized with AI. Learn more. There’s a new hum in downtown Salem: Pintxos In The Alley, a compact bar-restaurant bringing Basque-style small plates and late-night energy to Commercial Street. Soft-opened September 11, 2025, it slots into a stretch where intimate cocktail spots are...
The Salem-Keizer School District Disputes State Counting
The Salem-Keizer School District is launching an effort to persuade lawmakers and the Oregon Department of Education to correct what the district’s leaders believe is a systemic, decades-long undercount of more than 100,000 of the state’s poorest students. At stake is at least $290 million that they say districts are...
Student Protest: A Call for Education Equity Amid School Shutdown
A recent incident at Cheldelin Middle School has sparked a wave of student protests. The school board's decision to close the school has been met with significant backlash from the student body, who fear that the closure will force many of their peers to either switch to private education or drop out entirely. The...
Mount Angel Abbey: Monastery, Modernist Library and Brewery
Just outside the town of Mount Angel in Marion County, the Mount Angel Abbey is a rural monastery, seminary, brewery, guesthouse, and cultural hub for the area. Founded in 1882, the name Mount Angel is a translation of Engleberg, the home Abbey in Switzerland for the Benedictines that founded it.
Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Hazelgreen Road NE Marks Ninth Traffic Death in Salem This...
A man died Saturday night after his three-wheeled motorcycle struck an excavator on Hazelgreen Road NE near 49th Avenue NE in Salem, Oregon. The crash happened around 8:38 p.m. in a construction area that was not active at the time.
Nearly a year and a half after closing, a beloved Oregon underwear company re-emerges...
An email landed in inboxes on May 13, subject line, “Anybody There?”. In the “from” line was a surprising sender, one most recipients hadn’t seen in over a year: “ARQ.”. ARQ is a McMinnville-based underwear company, or at least it was, before shutting down in...
See which Oregon wines were ranked among the best across the globe
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregonians don’t have to travel far to try some of the best wines in the world. Wine Spectator has named five Oregon-made products among the top 100 wines worldwide, with Cristom Vineyards ranking the highest at No. 11. The family-owned Salem business was recognized for its 2023 Mt. Jefferson...
Linn County woman accused of stealing from elderly mother
LEBANON, Ore. - A woman from Linn County is facing serious charges for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her elderly mother over nearly three years. Linnea Marie Baker, 57, has been charged with first-degree criminal mistreatment, first-degree theft, and four counts of aggravated first-degree theft...
50 years after ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Oregonians reflect on a film that changed mental health...
Eugene veteran filmmaker Katherine K’iya Wilson still remembers a private screening of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” she attended at Salem’s Elsinore Theatre in December 1975. The film’s director, Miloš Forman, producers Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas, and actor Jack Nicholson were visibly worried...
A System Under Strain: The Expanding Cost of Homelessness in Oregon’s Mid-Willamette Valley
Homelessness in the Mid-Willamette Valley has reached record levels, exposing the limits of Oregon’s current response and the financial weight of maintaining it. The 2025 Point-in-Time count identified 2,154 individuals without stable housing across Marion and Polk Counties — the highest total ever recorded. Nearly...
