Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Art covers the walls as the Salem Art Association prepares for the opening of its annual Young Artists Showcase on March 6, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For the next month, Salem Art Association’s upstairs gallery will be covered floor to ceiling with hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures and more. It’s[Read More…]
Uncategorized An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most large private Oregon insurers will waive the patients’ share in the cost of testing for COVID-19, Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced Thursday afternoon as the state braces for a growing number of cases of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized 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) With a quick trip to Nebraska, Steve Vets learned first hand[Read More…]
Uncategorized One of the 65 community gardens supported by Marion Polk Food Share in the greater Salem area (Courtesy/Marion Polk Food Share) If this week’s sunshine has you thinking about getting outside, Marion Polk Food Share wants to help. The organization is hosting “Celebrate the Seed,” a free seed share and[Read More…]
School buses parked in the Salem-Keizer School District lot on Hawthorne Avenue (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer school district administrators want to spend $60 million to replace 195 school buses and construct a new 33,000 square foot transportation center by 2022. Mike Wolfe, the district’s chief operating officer, presented a plan[Read More…]
Despite concern about new cases of the novel coronavirus in Oregon, Salem-Keizer School District officials say there’s no need to keep healthy kids home or close schools. Oregon has three cases of the disease as of Monday afternoon, none in the Salem area. But the district has activated its communicable[Read More…]
Carolyn Hanosek readies her bow for a shot during an archery demonstration at Chapman Hill Elementary School on Feb. 26, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Five students stood on a taped line in the Chapman Hill Elementary School gym, waiting for a whistle. Then, each student raised a bow, drew an[Read More…]
Uncategorized Mady Breitling as Lady Macbeth and Isaiah Lane as Macbeth in dress rehearsal for the West Salem High School theater production (Courtesy/Joe Gottsch) The witches’ cauldron is a five-gallon plastic bucket. Shields and axes are made in part with discarded license plates, and pieces of refuse litter the stage. Audience[Read More…]
Heather Rutkowski, a 7th grade language arts teacher at Crossler Middle School, advocates for hiring more school counselors at a Feb. 25, 2020 school board meeting (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Local school board members decided Tuesday what they would do with a $35 million check from the state but teachers aren’t[Read More…]
Chemeketa Community College (File/Salem Reporter) The Chemeketa Community College Board of Education is considering a tuition increase that would raise the cost of a year of school for a full-time student by about $500. Board members will vote Wednesday evening on an increase of $11 per credit – a $4[Read More…]
