Art festivals, fall farms, vintage shopping, haunted houses, and a big-band matinee: verified Friday-Sunday picks around Salem.

Our new weekly Tesla features column kicks off with three features that earn their keep in an Oregon fall and winter, plus how to turn each one on.

Seattle (3-2) visits Denver (3-2) at Empower Field tonight. The current lines, three key factors, last week's graded Monday Night Line picks, and our leans for Thursday Night Football.

Gov. Tina Kotek told DEQ to stop issuing air and water permits for new or expanded data centers until July 2027. Verrus says its Mill Creek project in Salem is not affected at its current stage, which is still in local review under a city moratorium.

SpaceX's new Starlink for Communities beta lets a host share one Starlink Kit with neighbors who buy hour, day, week or month passes. Pricing and the host's cut are still unknown.

CES organizers say January's show will focus on robots that prove they can do real jobs. In Salem, Digit maker Agility Robotics cleared an SEC hurdle Tuesday on its way to a Nasdaq listing.