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In approving a substantial fee hike that the city will charge developers to build houses – now exceeding $32,000 per single-family home – one city councilor characterized her yes vote

Dalke Construction has dropped an appeal on the Brandy Meadows development in Independence that sought to answer questions surrounding payment for an improved intersection near the subdivision.

INDEPENDENCE -- In a rare move, the Independence Planning Commission voted Monday night to reject the results of a traffic study by the city and to accept the findings of

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Enchanted Forest Works to Recover from COVID & Ice April 18, 2021 A devastating ice storm swept through much of the Willamette Valley the night of Friday, February 12. The area around Salem was hit particularly hard – hundreds of thousands of people were without power, and trees that had stood tall for decades were uprooted –crashing into houses and cars. Not many were spared the damage, not even Oregon’s beloved Enchanted Forest.   It was the morning of February 13 when Enchanted Fores...