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Independence becoming Oregon’s 1st smart city

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KOIN) — Fifteen minutes southwest of Salem sits Independence, Oregon: population 8,600. It’s a quaint and unassuming town that’s quietly becoming Oregon’s first smart city. “I ...
Statesman Journal

Independence to close city-owned museum, cut city hall, library hours

Facing a projected budget shortfall, Independence is closing its city-owned museum and reducing city hall and library hours. Despite the cuts, no city employees will be laid off. City officials hope ...
Oregonian

Independence, Oregon, haunts readers: who would have known?

"Haunted Independence, Oregon,'' by Marilyn Morton and the History Press. (historypress.net) It seems like such a sleepy little place. Independence, Oregon, the small burg across the Willamette River ...
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Discover the Spirit of Independence Oregon with Divine Distillers

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN)- Each day this week, we are taking you on a whirlwind tour of two cities in the Willamette Valley that together form one community. On behalf of our sponsors at Divine Distillers, ...
Oregonian

Independence for Oregon's public universities viewed as a success, so far

The predictions were dire in 2013 as Oregon lit the fuse to blow up a system that for decades had overseen the state's seven public universities. The universities would be at each others' throats, ...
The Business Journals

How Independence, Oregon, is becoming a smarter city

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Independence, Oregon, started down the path to be a smarter ...