Madeleine Moore
Madeleine Moore joined Salem Reporter in 2024 and reports on a variety of topics including public safety, addiction, treatment and the criminal justice system. She came to Salem after graduating from the University of Oregon in June 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
U.S. asks court to enforce Marion County immigration subpoenas
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is asking a federal judge to order Marion County, and three other counties, to provide information about 10 men with criminal convictions to federal immigration authorities. Federal authorities claim the state’s sanctuary law is preventing them from locating and deporting immigrants convicted of violent crimes.
Willamette University library reopens after bomb threat cleared
Willamette University's Hatfield Library was evacuated Tuesday morning after university staff received a potential bomb threat against the library. The library was reopened after Salem police officers found no active threat to the campus.
Marion County releases records at core of ICE lawsuit to Salem Reporter
Marion County officials released documents containing personal information about people on county parole in response to a public records request. The county has declined to release the same information to federal immigration authorities pending a lawsuit over Oregon’s sanctuary law.
Salem wrestler charged with soliciting explicit photos of minor athlete
Police said they’re searching for possible additional victims of David A. Rubio, a former Corban University wrestler who is accused of attempting to solicit explicit photos of a student he coached at a wrestling clinic in Columbia County.
Open beer, no seat belts: affidavit details east Salem crash that killed 4
A Marion County Sheriff’s Office affidavit provides details on the collision that killed four young men in east Salem Sunday. The man criminally charged in the crash told officers he drank four beers before driving that night and the four passengers killed did not wear seat belts, the affidavit said.
Salem man, 23, accused of manslaughter and driving drunk in crash that killed 4
Prosecutors alleged Saul Hernandez-Roblero has a history of drinking and driving. He swerved into oncoming traffic Saturday night, causing one of Marion County’s deadliest car crashes in recent years, prosecutors said.
Woodburn man sentenced to 15 years for killing woman found in Salem hotel in 2023
Raul S. Martinez, 25, of Woodburn, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a Gresham woman in a Salem hotel two years ago. Martinez pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possessing a firearm as a felon.
Your questions about Cherriots’ tax proposal, answered
After Cherriots leaders announced a proposed payroll tax on businesses, Salem Reporter heard from many people confused or concerned about what the tax would do, how it would affect transit and why the agency proposed it. Here are answers to some common questions about Cherriots' proposed tax.
How Cherriots got its plan to expand services with proposed payroll tax
Cherriots leaders say they'll decide in November whether to tax a tax on business payrolls to a public vote.
What to do in Salem from Sept. 18-24: Pride in the Park, Urban Art Fest, Kroc Family Fair
Events in Salem this week include the return of the free Kroc Family Fair, the annual grape stomping competition at Willamette Valley Vineyards and the 47th year of Pride in the Park.