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Raymond Barton is also moved by personal tragedy By Tom Gasparoli Raymond Barton taking a break in the doorway of...

-By Hannah Bridges, Intern Salem’s new children’s librarian, Hilary Kennard, speaks out about the success of the library’s summer programs,...

By Jonathan Cribb, Intern Wes Iseli and his daughter, Lana, perform with Broadway the bird. Photo by Jonathan Cribb. It...

He’s got a walker and an assistant who drives him around town and keeps an eye on him during the...

A COLUMN Tom Gasparoli So far, Salem officials have made all the right moves as it relates to the soon-to-be-donated...

Tom Cook is 69. He settled in Salem in 1969. Cook came south from his childhood home in the Catskills...

Roanoke College “IT” keeps on sharpening student minds  By Jonathan Cribb There are history majors and English majors. Computer science...

The Salem band, Welcome to Hoonah, reports that it captured the Showdown Throwdown event Saturday June 20 on the hill...

Riverside Nursery: a little bit of beauty off the beaten path. Too long for a slogan, perhaps, but just the...

Sharayah Spears and her guitar She’s a little bit genius. Or more. She’s got a great, slightly gravelly voice and...