Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 6th of October.
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🏘️ Community
About 300 residents joined the Oct.
3 Salem Fire open house at Station 6, meeting firefighters and touring fire equipment on the airport grounds; next, a follow-up event will be held at Station 11 in West Salem on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon.
💼 Business
Gov. Tina Kotek gave Oregon a B for business competitiveness at a Sept.
24 forum in Portland, and CNBC’s 2026 ranking puts the state 42nd overall & her Prosperity Roadmap aims to boost it into the top 10.
🎓 Education
Salem-Keizer leaders will announce on Friday, Oct.
9 a list of up to eight elementary schools planned for closure in 2027; the district will also reveal proposed boundary adjustments and notify staff, families and the public later that day.
Sumpter Elementary in south Salem reported its best third grade reading scores in a decade after principal Marc Morris boosted professional development & school culture and intervention systems; in 2024, 27.1% of students read and wrote on grade level & community members credit the improvements to these efforts.
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