Marion County

SALEM, Ore. — In a public statement to Salem residents yesterday, Salem Police Chief Trevor Womack reassured residents that his agency will not enforce the mass deportation of immigrants envisaged in immigration laws proposed by the new…

SALEM, Ore. — A wanted suspect was shot during an arrest attempt late yesterday morning in an apartment complex near the 3200 block of River Road North after Salem police used force to arrest the fleeing armed suspect. Armed…

SALEM, Ore. — The Salem Police Felony Crimes Unit is investigating a fire at a car dealership during the early morning hours as possible arson. Salem police and firefighters rushed to the Tesla dealership at 2755 Mission St. SE at 3.45…

SALEM, Ore. — The body found in the Salem Business District on January 3, regarded as a suspicious death, has been identified. The Salem Police Department confirmed yesterday that the death of Priscilla Joann Aldana, 43, of Salem, is…

SALEM, Ore. — A dead body found in a northeast Salem business district on Friday is being treated as a suspicious death by the Salem Police Department. A body was found on Friday at around 10 a.m. Friday in a vacant lot in the 3000 block…

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) confirmed that the spring and summer reservations for the Champoeg State Heritage Area are open, as the planned partial construction closure on Loop B has been moved to a later date.…

SALEM, Ore. — Residents of the unincorporated areas of Marion County face an immediate increase in the cost of waste collection fees. This follows a decision to close a waste-to-energy facility which accepted medical waste that subsidized…

Emergency personnel from the Salem Police Department responded to reports of a train crash on the railroad tracks near the intersection of 22nd ST & Claxter RD NE at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. Samuel Lewis Hecocta, 35, of…

Salem police and the Fire Department are investigating the suspicious death of a 38-year-old man whose body was found in an apartment fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency crew arrived at the 1100 block of Chemeketa…

A Mexican, who came to the U.S. five years ago to make a better life for himself, was yesterday (Thursday) sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison for transporting a ‘massive’ haul of drugs. Misael Cruz-Barrales (23) was…