Korean pop music (or K-Pop) acts are selling out U.S. stadiums. A Korean film was named best picture at last year’s Oscar awards. Now, Salem is the springboard for a Korean company hoping to capitalize on Americans’ embrace of cuisine from the East Asian country. Chang Tuh Corporation is in[Read More…]
By Jake Thomas - Salem Reporter
Memorial honoring Vietnam War veterans on Oregon Capitol grounds moves forward
Ron Morgan recalled how after serving in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War he tried to stop in an American Legion post but was told he couldn’t enter. “You’re not a real veteran. That’s not a real war,” Morgan, a 75-year-old resident of Salem recalled being told. Decades after[Read More…]
Documents shed new light on crash that left three farmworkers dead and triggered a federal investigation
The stop in Salem was only to be brief for the 16 seasonal workers. They had worked all day loading Christmas trees into delivery trucks at a Corvallis farm and now, at week’s end, they were on their way to homes they shared in Woodburn and Gervais. First, though, it[Read More…]
Cherriots failed to meet minority contracting goals for years
The Salem Area Mass Transit District awarded just a single contract to a company owned by a woman or minority in its most recent reporting period, well short of its own goal to see that such businesses get a share in millions in government spending. Agency leaders point to a[Read More…]
VOTE 2020: Raquel Moore-Green says she’ll seek more accountability in Legislature if given full term
State Rep. Raquel Moore-Green. (Courtesy/Raquel Moore-Green.) If elected to a full-term, Republican state Rep. Raquel Moore-Green said she’ll focus on making sure that legislation does what it’s actually intended to do. Moore-Green said she’ll also introduce legislation requiring bills to be accompanied by a statement of intent as well as[Read More…]
Tax bills on their way to Salem area property owners
The Marion County building in downtown Salem (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Tax bills are on their way to Marion and Polk county residents. While property values are up, not all property owners will see significantly bigger bills. According to a press release from the Marion County Assessor’s Office, property[Read More…]
Unemployment rate in Salem area sees steady decline, but rates are still high
Brandon Sanders, a barista at IKE Box, wipes down the point of sale area in between customers on May 12, 2020. IKE Box re-opened last Monday. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem area economy continues to rebound as the unemployment rate dropped for the second month in a row. Numbers released[Read More…]
