Salem OR

Most food pilgrimages involve a famous chef, a reservation made three months in advance, and a valet who judges your car. This one involves a strip mall in Wilsonville and a grocery store that is quietly, confidently, and completely outperforming every expectation you’ve ever had about where great tacos come from.

Samaritan Health Services invites local nonprofit agencies that are dedicated to improving community health and well-being to apply for Social Accountability grant funding by Friday, Aug. 21. To assist potential applicants, a virtual information session is planned for 10 a.m. on Monday, July 27, via Microsoft Teams. “F

A four-minute video called “How Wolves Change Rivers” has been watched more than 46 million times. It tells a tidy story: bring back the wolves, and the rivers themselves move. That is a lot of people absorbing a claim that the scientists who study Yellowstone still cannot agree on.

Most people would have seen a one-acre yard. Jean-Marie Buxton saw a new purpose. After years of serving others, she decided to transform her lawn into a small farm to grow fresh fruits and vegetables for hungry people in need — and it started a ripple effect of giving. Here, she shares her story with ...

SALEM, Ore. — Salem police arrested a 54-year-old man Wednesday afternoon after detectives said they saw him selling drugs in northeast Salem and later found about an ounce of fentanyl. Cleo O. Andrews, 54, of Salem, was arrested July 16, 2026, at about 4:35 p.m. following a drug offense...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — KATU is declaring a Storm Tracker 2 Weather Alert for an extended period of above-average temperatures beginning Monday. Daily high temperatures are expected to exceed 90 degrees for at least four days, and possibly longer. Forecast models have consistently indicated this warmup over the past...

Jesse Michael Shelton was sentenced to more than eight years in prison following guilty pleas in both Polk and Lane counties for sexual abuse of minors, illegal firearm possession, and several other offenses.

With almost half of renovating homeowners creating a "forever home," designers are focusing on wellness features, sustainable materials and accessible layouts.

Salem residents and visitors are in for a very different kind of Sunday drive as IRONMAN 70.3 Oregon rolls through town, threading its way across Riverfront Park, Minto‑Brown Island and River Road. An early‑morning swim start and a long bike leg will bring partial road closures and slower traffic through much of the da

Oregon not only has respected innovating architects, it also attracts them. Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America’s most celebrated architects, designed the Gordon House, now in Silverton, and Finnish architect Alvar Aalto designed the Mount Angel Abbey Library, seven miles north in Saint Benedict. On Aug. 1, the preserva