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How Salem’s Union Gospel Mission is rebounding after stabbing attack
Mark Hunter, the director of community engagement for the Union Gospel Mission, and UGM's Executive Director Craig Smith spoke to "Think Out Loud" host Dave Miller just days after the incident.
12 injured in stabbing at Salem Union Gospel Mission; suspect charged
The Marion County District Attorney’s Office said Monday it has charged Tony Latrell Williams from Bend with attempted murder.

Portland added people last year for the first time since 2020, population estimates show
Portland added just over 1,400 residents between July 2023 and July 2024, bringing the estimated population up to just over 635,000.

Parishioners catch first glimpse of Salem church since destructive 2023 arson
It was the first chance for many parishioners to see the inside of the church since 2023, when an arsonist set a dumpster fire that spread and destroyed much of the building.

Politics Now
‘OPB Politics Now’: An inside look at how OPB covers the Oregon Capitol
The OPB podcast team travels to Salem.

Think Out Loud
Salem-Keizer superintendent shares more on proposed budget
Salem-Keizer Public Schools is proposing a slight budget increase for the coming school year. We'll hear from the superintendent to learn more.
Oregon facility builds and tests humanlike robot ‘Digit’
Agility Robotics, which launched in collaboration with Oregon State University, recently opened a Salem facility to test robotics. But federal funding cuts could threaten the kind of research that led to this invention.
Food and Farms
Farmworker, immigrant rights group take to the streets in Salem
Hundreds of people took to the streets at the Oregon Statehouse Thursday in support of May Day. It is an annual event, but many immigrants and farmworker advocacy groups say this year is different.

Scoring correction makes 2 Oregon high schools co-champions of national civics contest
Portland’s Lincoln High School joined Salem’s Sprague High in first place in last week’s U.S. Constitution competition after the national civics organization sponsoring it acknowledged scoring errors.
Police say man killed by trooper at Salem Army training center had knife, left threatening note
A 22-year-old man shot and killed by an Oregon State Police trooper at an Army training center in Salem had left a threatening note at the guard station, investigators said.