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Final Return Home for Salem Marine Killed in Afghanistan

"Thank you, Corporal Buyes, for your service to this grateful nation. Rest well." - Facebook comment

(SALEM) - A Salem, Oregon Marine who was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan 26 November 2011, 21-year old Adam J. Buyes, arrived home today under full escort.

Salem-News.com Video Photographer Jerry Freeman was on scene to record the procession, and Q Madp, our photographer and the founder and energy behind IraqWarHeroes.com, was there to shoot the still photos.

Rupture and Reconciliation: Fix-It for a Mangled Marriage

They poised their Cupid's arrows to celebrate Valentine's Week on a warm weather vacation as an incentive.

(SALEM) - A good friend of mine almost had their long-term marriage in shambles. The issue was neither economic woes nor marital infidelity. It was a communications gap largely caused by very different personal and social values.

Local News: Lancaster Drive Shooting Sends Man to Hospital

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call the Marion County Sheriffs' Office Criminal Investigations Unit at 503.540.8007.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Marion County Sheriff's Deputies received a call of gunshots fired near the Pizza Hut Restaurant on Lancaster Drive NE in Salem last night. The call came in at 9:59pm.

Deputies Jacob Thompson and Nick Hunter arrived within four minutes of the call and found a male victim in his 20's in front of the nearby Bottoms Up Bar at 3082 Lancaster Drive NE. The victim had been shot.

No-Fee Adoptions Offered On All Black Cats & Kittens

Every adoptable cat or kitten will be spayed or neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated.

(SALEM) - In honor of the busiest shopping day of the year, Willamette Humane Society is hosting a special Black Friday adoption event starting at noon on Friday, November 25.

Salem Occupies Oregon State Parks

Any rewards for an Occupy movement that fully complied with officials?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Occupy Salem has been given a limited number of days to occupy Willson Park which is adjacent to the Oregon State capitol building.

What sets the Salem camp apart is the fact that relations have been good, the occupiers have not disrupted traffic patterns, they haven't been confrontational, but as expected in Oregon's capitol city, they have been very politically organized.

Grand Jury Clears Salem Officers in Shooting Death

News Release from the Marion Co. District Attorney's Office

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today, a Marion County Grand Jury unanimously found that the police officer shooting of Dru Garrett Larson, on October 17, 2011, was a lawful use of deadly physical force.

What About Salem?

Columbia Journalism Review examines the lack of progressive media coverage in places like Modesto, and we explain our experience trying to implement local news in a medium-sized U.S. city.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Almost eight years have passed since the launch of Salem-News.com; which we hoped at the time would provide significant balance to the capitol city's traditional lack of news coverage.

Golden Age Has Its Silver Lining

As we age, some social roles are shed. How do we fill that void?

(SALEM) - Who among us does not age? I have yet to meet that individual. Since I was raised in part by both sets of grandparents during WWII and beyond, I began to admire older folks many moons ago. It is no accident that after ten years of being a full-time journalist I switched course to become a gerontologist.

Occupy Salem Oregon has been asked to leave Willson park

News from Occupy Salem

(SALEM ) - The Parks and Recreation Department has notified Occupy Salem that due to problems on site, they will not grant our event another permit and may revoke the current permit if new violations occur.

This issue will be discussed in our upcomming general assemblies. The public can visit any night at 7:00 p.m. any night, to help address this issue.

INTACH to focus on Salem`s landmarks

“Our efforts will aim at making the younger generation visit the pages of history to know about the significance of such importance landmarks and places around them” - INTACH's co-convener S. Sharavanan

(SALEM, India The Hindu) - The Salem Chapter of Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has initiated an innovative exercise to provide “better visibility” to the landmarks and signposts of historical and national importance in Salem city.

The exercise began on ‘Salem Day' (Nov. 1) since it was on this day in 1866 the Salem Municipality was formed.