Teresa and Jerry Miranda together at church (Courtesy/Jerry Miranda) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. For decades, Pastor Jerry Miranda has done everything with his wife Teresa by his side. But since Sunday, March 15, he’s[Read More…]
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Inside Salem Hospital’s “incident command center” for COVID-19
Denise Hoover, incident commander for COVID-19 at Salem Hospital on March 19, 2020, addresses a group of hospital leaders during a daily briefing (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. A windowless ground floor[Read More…]
Salem’s Divine Distillers joins craft spirit producers making free hand sanitizer
Jason Greenwood, head distiller and owner of Divine Distillers, pours homemade hand sanitizer into a jar to give out on March 19, 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. Grocery stores and big[Read More…]
As school closure extends to six weeks, Salem-Keizer grapples with instruction, meals, graduation
Jared Vergara Santana, left, Evelyn Francis, right, Iris Johnson, right back and Lillyana Green, back left, work on newspaper articles at Hoover Elementary School. (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-Keizer leaders are[Read More…]
Awesome 3000 postponed until August
Books fill the downtown office of the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation on Dec. 17, 2019 (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 Education Foundation’s signature event, the Awesome 3000, will be postponed until[Read More…]
Here are the Salem restaurants offering takeout or closing during Oregon’s restaurant shutdown
A sign in the window of Gov Cup on March 17, 2020 announcing a closure during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. During Tuesday’s lunch[Read More…]
Turner City Hall closes indefinitely after employee’s spouse tests positive for COVID-19
Turner City Hall (Courtesy/City of Turner) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Turner City Hall will be closed indefinitely after a city employee’s spouse tested positive for COVID-19. The city of about 2,200 is a few[Read More…]
In one day, Salem-Keizer puts together plan to feed thousands of kids out of school
Shelli Dehut passes out free lunches to students at Hoover Elementary School on March 16, 2020, the first day of a statewide public school closure. (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. School officials[Read More…]
Salem Health among first Oregon providers offering private COVID-19 testing at single Salem clinic
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 is now[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer preparing to distribute thousands of bagged meals as schools close
Veronica Diaz squirts mayonnaise on her son Victor’s sandwich during a free summer lunch at Washington Elementary School on June 18, 2019 (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. This story was[Read More…]