More "highly qualified" teachers taught in Salem-Keizer schools last year, including more in high-poverty schools, according to data released Wednesday by the Oregon Department of Education. More

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Wednesday's final debate between the major-party presidential candidates may not have changed any minds in the Mid-Valley. More

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KEIZER — The McNary High School football team showed what it can do Friday against Redmond when it is whole and healthy. More

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Voters in Salem and Keizer will decide whether to fund one of the largest school construction bonds in Oregon history. More

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Joshua Navarro frowned and pursed his lips as he tried to force a small orange carving knife into a pumpkin. When he finished, the Abiqua School fourth-grader stood back and admired his work. More

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Jim Bernau was savoring one of the pleasures of being in the Mid-Willamette Valley last week from a vintner's perspective. "We're seeing some of the best sugars and flavors that I've seen in 25 years of this," said Bernau, the president and founder of Turner's Willamette Valley Vineyards. The state of our grapes is not just a vintner's concern, it's part of what is becoming a big business in ... More

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With more than 150 rental properties throughout the mid-valley, most of them marked by a red door, Bula Enterprises has generated a stream of complaints from tenants about foot-dragging on repairs, dilapidated conditions and safety concerns. More

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Salem wrestler Kiera Gabaldon has gone national: The middle-school athlete has been featured in Sports Illustrated magazine. More

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Two women and a man were arrested in connection with a shooting spree that targeted windows and bus shelters in August and September at more than 100 locations, Keizer police said Friday. More

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