After some business interests bristled at the first choice for a new bus mall location — and Salem City Council demanded a Plan B — transit district officials on Wednesday identified two other possibilities:

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A Salem man has been found not guilty of murder in the death of his 6-month-old son but still faces prison time.

The wooden blocks are ready. Sand trays filled with toys are clean, for the moment.

Three projects in the Mid-Valley made the final cut of nonhighway projects to be funded by lottery bonds, the Oregon Transportation Commission decided Wednesday.

NEWPORT — Maybe there's an opening over here for grand ambassador for coastal tourism and commerce.

If you have noticed new additions to downtown and West Salem streets, it's not your imagination.

Law Enforcement for Youth will buy 180 pairs of football pants for seventh- and eighth-graders in Independence.

Forest fires burning near Detroit have forced the partial closure of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness and likely produced smoke seen in the Mid-Valley on Wednesday.

Salem Public Works officials will reduce traffic on Orchard Heights Road NW between Mousebird Avenue NW and Doaks Ferry Road NW to a single lane beginning today.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and San Francisco Giants have agreed to extend their player development contact through the 2012 season. The agreement extends the affiliation between the Giants and Volcanoes to 18 years. Salem-Keizer is the Giants’ short-season A affiliate in the Northwest League.

Good news came out of today's morning practice at Oregon State. Stephen Paea said he’s “100 percent right now.” Paea, a senior defensive tackle who has landed on numerous preseason all-America teams, has been limited in fall camp due to a sore right knee. As a precautionary measure, he did not play in either of the two scrimmages.

Federal regulators say an aircraft parking lease awarded by former state aviation director Dan Clem violated federal policies by benefiting a businessman at the expense of the Aurora State Airport.

A Salem man has been arrested for allegedly shooting another man during an apparent attempt to steal medical marijuana Monday.

Some Mid-Valley teens are using an herbal incense with synthetic forms of the active ingredient in marijuana to get high.

The South Salem High School football team has a lot of offensive firepower returning from a team that went 8-3 a season ago.

Three managers with the Oregon Department of Energy have been placed on indefinite leave during a joint state and federal investigation of contracting irregularities at the agency, the governor's office said Tuesday.

Rosella Lunsford might as well be one of the headliners at the Oregon State Fair, because she often gets star treatment.

CORVALLIS — After Jordan Jenkins rushed for more than 100 yards in Tuesday's scrimmage at Reser Stadium, Oregon State coach Mike Riley was asked in jest whether star tailback Jacquizz Rodgers might consider taking a redshirt year.

EUGENE — New playing surface, new Pac-10 logo on the FieldTurf, new signs on the stadium walls surrounding the field. Things are looking different in Autzen Stadium these days.