Congratulations to South Salem’s Sawyer Nelson for being voted SBLive/SI Oregon High School Baseball Athlete of the Week for the week of May 5-11. Nelson, a junior shortstop on the South Salem team, ...

The second-seeded South Salem Saxons (24-4) will put their championship aspirations to the test Wednesday night when they host the No. 31 Century Jaguars (10-15) in the opening round of the Oregon ...

For the past five weeks, South Salem has been demolishing baseballs at a rate that is nearly unheard of for a large-school team in the state of Oregon. The Saxons (16-0) lead the state with 203 runs ...

A two-alarm structure fire in the 5000 block of Cumberland Court SE in south Salem closed Liberty Road S between Kuebler Boulevard and Boone Road Southeast on the evening of Aug. 10. Two homes were ...

South Salem volleyball player Kamree Orizotti is the winner of the Maps Credit Union high school girls Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal readers. A senior setter, Orizotti delivered ...

The new Grocery Outlet store in south Salem is set to open on Sept. 25. In the days leading up to the grand opening, the Statesman Journal toured the store, which features a completely renovated ...

South Salem Elementary School commemorated the 20th anniversary of its reopening on Friday, Sept. 27, marking two decades since the school resumed operations in 2004 after nearly two decades of ...