Tracy Loew

Oregon lawmakers say the landfill’s proposed expansion adds urgency to the need to investigate methane releases, worker safety and health concerns.

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The annual Music Day fundraiser for Salem-Keizer Public Schools music programs returns in September, with a big change.

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Reworld Marion will stop taking waste from Marion County at the end of the year, the company has told county commissioners.

Oregon environmental regulators have warned two Marion County farmers and a local excavating company that they may be fined after they dug open pits, without any permits, and allowed contractors to dump debris and liquids in them.

The move, in response to increasing violence, is expected to cost at least $1.5 million. The detectors will likely expand to middle schools.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 55 fines in September, totaling $105,394.