Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized West Salem High School band and orchestra students perform “Sleigh Ride” (Screenshot) They may be playing from home, but West Salem High School’s band and orchestra still found a way to spread some holiday cheer. About sixty students in the high school’s ensembles collaborated to perform “Sleigh Ride” virtually, releasing[Read More…]
Uncategorized Viviana Gourley, medical assistant at Salud Medical Center, waits between patients at the center’s COVID-19 testing area on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) People who have spent months treating Covid patients and cleaning their hospital rooms will begin receiving a Covid vaccine this week in Salem as Oregon starts[Read More…]
Uncategorized Fourteen people are temporarily without a home after a fire Sunday afternoon swept through Robert Lindsey Tower, Salem Housing Authority’s complex for low-income seniors. Salem fire responded to the complex just before 2 p.m. Sunday after a fire started on the third floor of the 11-story building at 370 Church[Read More…]
Uncategorized Students get off the bus for the first day of school at Bush Elementary in 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Three Salem intersections are getting a facelift to make them safer for pedestrians – especially kids walking to school. The City of Salem was recently awarded $2 million from the state[Read More…]
Protestors rallied outside of the Salem-Keizer school district offices on Thursday, June 18 to urge the district to cancel their contract for police officers in schools. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer School District leaders plan to overhaul the district’s discipline and student safety programs, aiming to reduce racial disparities in the[Read More…]
Uncategorized School board members discuss the comment policy during a Dec. 8 meeting (Screenshot from YouTube) After facing months of criticism over their handling of racial justice issues, the Salem-Keizer School Board narrowly voted to rein in public comment Tuesday night. The policy, approved on a 4-3 vote, is intended to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Jim Moore looks at a historical marriage license on the FamilySearch website from his desk at home on Dec. 7 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Jim Moore peered at a scrawl on a scanned copy of a 1930 marriage license from St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was the signature of the official[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Hospital (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem residents scheduled for a hip or knee replacement may find their procedures delayed as the area’s largest hospital begins postponing some elective surgeries to keep staff and beds available for Covid patients. Salem Hospital began rescheduling some elective surgeries requiring overnight hospital[Read More…]
The West Salem High School band performs at the OSAA 6A State Band Championships in May 2019 with director Todd Zimbelman conducting (Courtesy/West Salem High School) Ten minutes in, West Salem High School’s ninth grade band class appeared strangely silent. A dozen students had trombones, clarinets, flutes and tubas raised[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gov. Kate Brown listens in during a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence and other governors on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Gov. Kate Brown said Friday that Oregon stands “on the brink of a full-blown crisis” with its pandemic and warned the number of daily Covid infections[Read More…]
