Your Friday evening update on Salem news
Good evening, Salem.
Salem’s 34th annual Peace Lecture will be held Monday, Sept. 18, featuring Dr. Liz Theoharis, a theologian and anti-poverty activist who heads the Poor People’s Campaign.
Theoharis’ speech is entitled “Peace, Peace When There Is No Peace: Addressing Poverty, Racism and Militarism From the Ground Up.” She’ll speak at 7:30 p.m. at Willamette University’s Hudson Hall in the Rodgers Music Center.
The event will also honor two people who have worked to eliminate the death penalty in Oregon and nationally: Ron Steiner and Frank Thompson. Steiner led Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Thompson served as superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary and oversaw the state’s only two executions in the past 50 years. The experience transformed him into a national anti-death penalty advocate.
The event is free and open to the public.
And in traffic news, you’ll see a street closure in the Grant area starting Sunday night as city crews work to repave the intersection of Northeast Broadway and Pine streets. The intersection will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. nightly from Sunday, Sept. 17 through Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Here’s some of today’s news. Catch all of our latest reports on our website anytime.
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Aumsville police ran a background check on Jeffrey Keniston in February and learned he was under a state investigation after being fired from Salem police. The Aumsville agency hired Keniston…
15 Sep 2023
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Aumsville police ran a background check on Jeffrey Keniston in February and learned he was under a state investigation after being fired from Salem police. The Aumsville agency hired Keniston…
15 Sep 2023
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Residents in the area of the 2022 Vitae Springs Fire said at the time that evacuation alerts left them confused and uncertain about conditions. City officials say now they have…
15 Sep 2023
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Residents in the area of the 2022 Vitae Springs Fire said at the time that evacuation alerts left them confused and uncertain about conditions. City officials say now they have…
15 Sep 2023
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As we set up our Salem Reporter booth last weekend, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Salem Saturday Market is a community fixture where people shop for artisan bread, flower…
15 Sep 2023
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As we set up our Salem Reporter booth last weekend, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Salem Saturday Market is a community fixture where people shop for artisan bread, flower…
15 Sep 2023
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Events in Salem this weekend include a wine festival, a punk rock resource fair and an album release concert from Salemites Kristen Grainger & True North
14 Sep 2023
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Events in Salem this weekend include a wine festival, a punk rock resource fair and an album release concert from Salemites Kristen Grainger & True North
14 Sep 2023
ATTEND THE TOWN HALL
A Town Hall open and free to the public will explore issues around Salem’s new wage tax. Salem Reporter is hosting the event Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Elsinore Theatre. Voters will get a chance to decide whether the tax stays in November.
Hear from supporters and opponents, get facts about city spending. Salem Reporter journalists will question panelists. GET YOUR FREE TICKETS HERE.
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