Volunteers Pamella Watson and Lorrie Walker walk past a still-burning fire left by a homeless camper under the Mission Street bridge along Mill Creek. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
IN OTHER NEWS…..
A scathing report by the Marion County District Attorney’s Office finds “serious concerns” about the credibility of three police officers involved in an after-hours training academy accident. A fourth officer was hospitalized for a week for what doctors said were injuries from being body slammed.
As Oregon gets closer reforming its campaign finance system, Rep. Dan Rayfield has introduced a bill to avoid unintended consequences. But critic Dan Meek called it an “anti-reform bill.”
Local museums, theaters and festivals will get a boost with Oregon Arts Commission grants
Nearly $60,000 will help groups including Pentacle Theatre and Salem Multicultural Institute bring the arts to Salem.
Here is the legislation lawmakers from Marion and Polk counties have sponsored
Legislators from Marion and Polk counties have introduced bills for the 2020 session concerning mask-wearing rioters, a plant from southeast Asia, helping laid-off agricultural workers and uncompensated college athletes, as well as technical fixes to laws sought by constituents.
In temporary home, Salem Public Library to reaffirm “all are welcome”
The city is trying to address concerns it would spurn the LGBT community after it announced the library would move into a church-owned building last summer.
Whiteaker 8th grader wins national poetry contest commemorating Kent State massacre
Rachael Lang’s poem, “Consequences,” was selected from 600 entries focused on peace and conflict transformation.
Longtime volunteers probe south Salem’s hidden corners in search of homeless campers
Wednesday was Salem’s annual count of homeless people without shelter. We tagged along with a south Salem crew surveying people in parks and parking lots.
Downtown cleanups costing Salem tens of thousands
The city scheduled another cleanup Thursday to throw away garbage and pressure wash sidewalks where homeless campers have been sleeping for more than a month.
Teachers pushing for Oregon’s $2 billion education investment said they wanted smaller class sizes. Salem-Keizer’s emerging plan focuses more on extracurriculars, staff training and student mental health.
Keizer police arrested Trisha Ebbs, a North Salem High School health teacher, after she allegedly approached a woman in a restaurant and began yelling and swearing at her.
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