# Salem Weekly

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***Salem Weekly*** (formerly *Salem Monthly*) was an [alternative](/source/Alternative_weekly) newspaper publication in [Salem, Oregon](/source/Salem,_Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States). The semi-weekly paper was established as a monthly in April 2003[1] and closed in November 2018.[2] It was owned and published by Andrew Paul "A.P." Walther.[1]

## History

The *Salem Monthly* traces its origins to a coffee house in downtown Salem, Oregon called the Coffee House Cafe. Dating back to the mid-1990s, the cafe served as a popular meeting place and hangout for Salem's youth culture. In its later years of operation, the cafe began publishing a newsletter to engage customers in Salem's community and cultural affairs. Inspired by the reaction to the cafe's newsletter, cafe owner A.P. Walther decided to start up a publishing operation for an alternative newspaper in town.[1] On November 28, 2018, the *[Statesman Journal](/source/Statesman_Journal)* reported the closure of *Salem Weekly*, which the *Weekly* announced in a letter relayed to the *Statesman* via local blogger [Brian Hines](/source/Brian_Hines). The last issue of the paper was published on October 25.[2]

## Topics

Topics covered in past issues include: the stigma of living on welfare; the dangers of pollution and whether recycling helps; [Chemeketa Community College](/source/Chemeketa_Community_College)'s financial struggles; local gay citizens' reactions to the nullification of gay marriages that took place in [Multnomah County](/source/Multnomah_County,_Oregon); local residents' experiences of racism; [internment of Japanese](/source/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans), [Italian](/source/Internment_of_Italian_Americans), and [German Americans](/source/Internment_of_German_Americans) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II); the [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) perspective on [Thanksgiving](/source/Thanksgiving); [Bush](/source/George_W._Bush)'s abuses of power; [Noam Chomsky](/source/Noam_Chomsky) and the [Iraq War](/source/Iraq_War).

## Mission

Publisher A.P. Walther says *Salem Monthly* was created to give Salem "exposure to local news, thought, and culture in the greater Salem area."[3]

## References

1. Isabell, Bill (August 2006). ["Long-haired business leader"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070823134039/http://salembusinessjournal.com/pdf/sbj-0508.pdf). *Salem Business Journal*. p. 28. Archived from [the original](http://salembusinessjournal.com/pdf/sbj-0508.pdf) on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2007-04-18.

1. Bach, Jonathan (November 28, 2018). ["Salem Weekly closes down 'effective immediately' after 14 years in business"](https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/11/28/salem-weekly-free-newspaper-closed/2118592002/). *Statesman Journal*. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

1. Walther, A.P. (2005). ["Why Salem Monthly?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231019/http://www.salemmonthly.com:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=97). *Salem Monthly*. Archived from [the original](http://www.salemmonthly.com:80/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=97) on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

## External links

- [Salem Weekly](https://salemweeklynews.com/) (official site)

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