The Salem Pops Orchestra has been playing music through the falling leaves, holiday lights and to welcome spring for the last 60 years. Until everything went quiet. “We emailed but we didn’t meet to rehearse or make any music together for two years,” said Ike Nail, orchestra director, who climbed[Read More…]
Author: Caitlyn May
Grant money available for Marion, Polk health projects
Just over $1 million is up for grabs in Marion and Polk counties for organizations needing funding for initiatives designed to improve health and wellness in the community. The Willamette Health Council–the governing body for PacificSource, a coordinated care organization–announced on Monday that it would enter its third round of[Read More…]
Here’s why field burning is allowed in the Willamette Valley heat
With temperatures nearing or surpassing record levels and air quality warnings in effect, burn bans are commonplace. But there are still sometimes long plumes of smoke headed into the skies over Salem begging the question: Why? “It’s a very visible activity, you can actively see it,” said farmer Kathy Hadley[Read More…]
Oregon State Fair looking for workers at Saturday job fair
The Oregon State Fair is hiring more than 400 people for the annual event by hosting a job fair on Saturday in Salem. “We are looking for people who are upbeat, hardworking, on time, and feel comfortable helping guests with directions and questions and working in the hustle and bustle[Read More…]
Artists take to the streets in Salem
The Plein Air Invitational put on by Salem on the Edge fine art gallery will see 10 artists painting in Riverfront Park and throughout downtown on Saturday.
The man behind Salem’s couch races brings pinewood derby to Fork Forty
A decade ago, Davis Buerge started an annual event racing couches down the soapbox derby track in Bush’s Pasture Park. On Aug. 20, he’s hosting a smaller derby event at the bar he owns in downtown Salem.
UPDATED: Police identify man hit, killed by train in southeast Salem
UPDATE: The Salem Police Department identified the victim as 55-year-old Wesley James Crossman on Monday, Aug. 8. Investigators have not located Crossman’s family to notify them of his death, according to a news release. Police asked anyone who knows Crossman and his family or has a way to contact them[Read More…]
At the Capitol, a bilingual ranger hopes to inspire visitors
John Graham patrols one of Oregon’s smallest state parks, sharing state history and tending the grass and flowers.
Ike Box gets a boost to help Salem kids
After about five years of fostering children, Mark Bulgin and his wife Tiffany welcomed a biological baby, Isaac in 1998. The child was born with a heart condition and lived just a few months. “Losing Isaac awakened a parental instinct in us,” Bulgin said. “Since that time, it’s expanded way[Read More…]
Salem-area food pantries continue to see climb in visits
Food pantries in and around Salem continued to see a sharp increase in visitors as residents content with inflation and high gas prices. It’s a change the Marion Polk Food Share first detected in March, though it was too early to determine if it was a trend at the time.[Read More…]
