Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized A sign outside a home in Salem’s Fairmount neighborhood (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Marion County will continue accepting refugee resettlement, commissioners told the U.S. State Department last week. “Marion County has welcoming and supportive nonprofits who administer refugee resettlement programs in our area. These groups are prepared to continue their work[Read More…]
Uncategorized A man grabs food at a United Way Good360 giveaway on Jan. 22, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Just before 9 a.m., dozens of people carrying empty boxes waited inside a warehouse in south Salem, staring at tables piled high with pet food, sheets, toys and pots and pans. They waited[Read More…]
Dwight Roberson negotiates snack food options for the McKay High School Black Student Union meeting with junior Leanette Mabinton (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Dwight Roberson walked the halls of McKay High School carrying a tablet and wearing a drawstring backpack. It was the first week of school, and he was getting[Read More…]
Ruth Langmoir, an August 2019 McKay High School graduate, gets a hug from graduation coach Ken Ramirez after earning her diploma. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The percentage of Salem-Keizer students earning a high school diploma climbed again last year, marking a steady increase from five years ago. More than 2,400 students[Read More…]
Uncategorized Rick Segal, left, and Carmelo Mejia, internal medicine doctors with Kaiser Permanente in Salem, type notes during a shift at Salem Free Clinic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Rick Segal sat at a long desk between two other doctors, quickly typing notes on a laptop before returning to an exam room. He[Read More…]
Uncategorized Children march along Lancaster Drive during Salem’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) “This march is not about the numbers. It’s about the commitment.” Benny Williams, Salem-Keizer’s NAACP president, kicked off Salem’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day march by urging the nearly 100 marchers to defend the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem residents pray on the Oregon Capitol steps during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem residents can celebrate a civil rights leader’s legacy and get help with healthcare, housing and more at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. From 10 a.m.[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Willamette University campus in Salem (Courtesy/Willamette University) Aspiring doctors, epidemiologists, social workers and others can now major in public health at Willamette University. Oregon’s oldest university is rolling out the program this spring, and professors spearheading it said interest is already strong. They’ve had to increase the enrollment cap[Read More…]
Uncategorized Micah Zavala logs in to his student account at the Baker Web Academy student center in Salem as his mother, Sara, and school support Suzy Kottek look on. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Schools serving thousands of Oregon students online won’t see any additional money to support them while Oregon embarks on[Read More…]
Uncategorized Art teacher Brenda Dobbins slides a ring made of a recycled seltzer can onto the finger of Leslie Villaseñor, a 6th grade student at Leslie Middle School, during art class at 2019 migrant summer school. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More than 200,000 Oregon kids who want to enroll in an after[Read More…]
