Rachel Alexander

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Marion County has the highest documented COVID-19 rate in the state. No one is sure why.

The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Marion County is posting the highest documented infection rate in the state for COVID-19 but authorities say[Read More…]

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Teachers at Clear Lake, Chapman Hill parade through neighborhoods to wave at students

Students wave to their Clear Lake Elementary School teachers during a parade on April 3, 2020 (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Dozens of teachers, office staff, principals and classroom aides from two[Read More…]

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Salem Health resumes COVID-19 testing after running low on supplies

Guidelines for patients with respiratory illness posted on the back door of Salem Health’s clinic on River Road South on March 16, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Salem Health has resumed[Read More…]

Salem-Keizer schools scramble to switch to distance learning after state says schools likely won’t re-open

Judson Middle School students in a seventh grade language arts on Oct. 30, 2018. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Any hope of resuming a normal school year for local teachers, parents and[Read More…]

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Got questions about coronavirus? Santiam Hospital doctors want to help

Santiam Hospital emergency department medical director Dr. Steve Vets (center, back row, wearing glasses) posts with his federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team deployed to Omaha, Nebraska to care for patients under monitoring for coronavirus in February 2020. (Courtesy/Steve Vets) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related[Read More…]

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Salem-Keizer board will meet virtually Monday to hear the latest on local school closure

The 2019-20 Salem-Keizer School Board (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. The Salem-Keizer School Board will hold a virtual meeting Monday afternoon to hear updates on the district’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemic.[Read More…]