Oregon Considered

State Capitol Turns Into County Courthouse

November 21, 2005

The building where the states laws are written was taken over Monday by the people who interpret and enforce those laws.

The state capitol in Salem is now the temporary digs for Marion County judges, displaced by a man who allegedly crashed a pickup truck into the downtown Salem courthouse and set fires inside.

Colin Fogarty was in Salem today and filed this report.

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