Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized The Salem-Keizer School Board in 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The Salem-Keizer School Board on Monday said they’ll reevaluate how board elections are conducted, but won’t make any changes to the process ahead of the May 2021 contest where four seats are up for election. The resolution, approved on a 4-3[Read More…]
Uncategorized Sarah Hadfield, physician assistant, runs Bridgeway Recovery Services primary care in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Even before she became a physician assistant, Sarah Hadfield spent more time attending medical appointments than most people. While working at a residential treatment center for people with drug addictions and mental health problems, Hadfield[Read More…]
Uncategorized Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the Oregon state health officer, announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) Oregon health officials and Gov. Kate Brown on Friday said the state is on the verge of conquering the Covid pandemic, but could be waylaid[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry surprised her own school board and some members of the public Tuesday night when she announced the end of the district’s school resource officer program. But the district will keep in place a newer contract with the Keizer Police Department to pay for a police officer[Read More…]
Uncategorized Signs in the window of Brown’s Towne Restaurant and Lounge on Wednesday, September 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of people diagnosed with Covid in the Salem area is falling, giving local leaders hope restrictions designed to stop the virus’ spread could be further eased in the coming weeks. Marion[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) The Salem-Keizer School District will no longer contract with local police departments to station officers at district schools, Superintendent Christy Perry[Read More…]
Uncategorized Florinda Velasquez, 74, prepares to receive her second dose of Covid vaccine from medical assistant Ana Barcenas at Lancaster Family Health Center in southeast Salem on Thursday, March 4. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) It was just before 4 p.m. on a recent afternoon and the parking lot at the Lancaster Family[Read More…]
School board member Jesse Lippold at a spring 2019 meeting of the Salem-Keizer budget committee (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Four years ago, Jesse Lippold Peone and Levi Herrera-Lopez ran against each other for an open seat representing southeast Salem on the Salem-Keizer School Board. Now, the two have found an area[Read More…]
Lucas Gage arrives by bus for the first day of in-person kindergarten at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Gov. Kate Brown on Friday ordered Oregon’s public schools to resume in-person classes for all students by mid-April, with elementary students returning to buildings no later than March[Read More…]
Uncategorized Construction workers work at the site of the new YMCA facility on the corner of Court Street NE and Cottage Street NE on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Timothy Sinatra sent out a fundraising appeal late last year to supporters of the YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties[Read More…]
