Meals on Wheels line cook James Lopez racks up meal portions for the next day’s delivery on Tuesday, April 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today.[Read More…]

West Salem senior Alexandria Hardeman sits at a May 2019 Salem-Keizer budget committee meeting to speak about the student newspaper budget. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up[Read More…]

Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett puts on a face mask made by a neighbor on Thursday, April 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today. State and local[Read More…]

Oregon State Penitentiary (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today. Hundreds of inmates at Salem-area prisons can no longer work toward a GED after the state Corrections Department[Read More…]

Volunteer Evaristo Garcia walks out a load of food boxes at the Marion County food pantry on Friday, April 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Over the past two weeks, Gwen Weber has talked to hundreds of people desperate for food, diapers and other necessities as more people lose their jobs or[Read More…]

Data from the Oregon Health Authority shows the curve of new COVID-19 infections is likely flattening, though it’s too early to say for certain. Image from April 9, 2020, showing April 8 data. State and local health authorities and hospitals are sharing a variety of data related to the COVID-19[Read More…]

New summer Class of 2019 graduates face their families and supporters after a ceremony at West Salem High School (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of Salem-Keizer seniors are abruptly done with high school after Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday afternoon Oregon’s schools won’t re-open their doors this school year. “I know[Read More…]

Angel Gallardo takes two Chromebooks from instructional assistant Marissa Vraafladt during a distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem-Keizer School District will hand out more laptops to students and plans to pay for at-home internet service for thousands of families as educators[Read More…]

People line up to grab a mask sewing kit from a Salem Health distribution in the former Kmart parking lot on Thursday, March 26 (Courtesy/Keith Riggs) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this[Read More…]