Salem-News.com Articles written by Bonnie King

Jack Herer, Patron Saint of Global Cannabis Movement IN EULOGY

Center stage is exactly where Jack Herer belonged. A talented, “bombastic” man, Jack’s energy was contagious and his legacy is alive and well.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Jack Herer was born June 18th, 1939, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. In 1940 his family moved to Buffalo, where he was raised, the son of a collection agency manager.

A “normal American nerd”, he grew into a respectable young man, joining the military, getting married and starting a family.

U.S. Defenders Take Oregon Motorcycle Rights to the Streets

The majority of the bikers are American military veterans.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Police cars shadowed Oregon motorcyclists Saturday who rode together as part of a program called U.S. Defenders, designed to help establish the rights of motorcycle riding club members in the United States.

They rode in solidarity - to protest local businesses that deny club members service. Numerous clubs were represented.

The Hemperor, Jack Herer has Died

The global cannabis community mourns the loss of the great Jack Herer.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The sad news has been confirmed. Jack Herer, author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes and renowned around the world for hemp activism, has died today, in Eugene, Oregon.

Jack Herer suffered a heart attack last September just after speaking on stage at the Portland HempStalk festival.

Through These Doors Passed A Great Man

Russ' life is defined by his favorite expression: To love and to be loved is the greatest joy on Earth.

(BEAVERTON, Ore.) - Russ was born in Exchange, West Virginia on March 15, 1925. He answered his nation's call for service when he enlisted in the Army in March of 1943, where he served in Northern Africa and Italy.

Salem-News.com Passes Statesman Journal in Online Ranking

The 159-year old newspaper has been steadily edged in on by the only independent online news group in the country.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For nearly six years, Salem-News.com has been a constant in the Willamette Valley. The first independently owned online news group in the Nation, Salem-News.com has grown from an idea to a mainstay in homes and offices across America, and around the world.

Today, according to Alexa.com, the small upstart of a news company has surpassed the Gannett-owned Salem based newspaper, The Statesman Journal, in online ranking.

Cannabis Science Coming to Australia`s Nimbin MardiGrass 2010

The annual MardiGrass festival brings activists from around the world to speak for marijuana decriminalization

(NIMBIN / SALEM) - “This is our eighteenth consecutive Rally for Cannabis Law Reform.

"We vowed to rally every year on the first weekend of May until we are no longer criminals for using cannabis."

Wisconsin Teen Gets 15 Year Sentence for Sex Blackmail via Facebook

Stancl posed as a girl online to trick male classmates into sending nude photos

(WAUKESHA, Wis.) - 19-year old Anthony Stancl of New Berlin, Wisconsin showed no emotion last week as he received a 15 year prison sentence for blackmailing dozens of classmates to have sex acts with him, according to news sources. He could have been sentenced up to 30 years.

Actor Andrew `Boner` Koenig Missing Since Valentine`s Day Found Dead

The 41-year old actor was best known for his role in the hit 1980’s TV series “Growing Pains,” playing Mike Seaver's (Kirk Cameron) sidekick, Richard “Boner” Stabone.

(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) - Andrew Koenig, actor, director, activist, passed away this month in Vancouver, B.C. after a long battle with depression.

Oregon Motorcycle Riders Converge on Capitol

The rumbling of the bikes took the spotlight in Salem

(SALEM, Ore.) - Motorcycle club members, independent riders and even non-riders alike came together in solidarity Monday to protect rights specific to bikers.

A Mad World...Fairview Training Center Up in Flames

The historic building's demise brings to light the evolution and consequences of aged mental health misnomers.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Fairview, the State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, was established by the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1907. It opened just outside Salem one year later with 39 residents that were transferred from the Oregon State Hospital.

Built on a 670 acre plot, Fairview was specifically charged with "the care and training of such feeble-minded, idiotic, epileptic, and defective persons as have been or may hereafter be committed to its custody."