By Rachel Alexander and Saphara Harrell – Salem Reporter
As Roth’s Fresh Markets goes corporate, leaders say focus will remain on customer service
Roth’s Fresh Markets on Wallace Road Northwest in Salem. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Mitch Teal has one piece of advice for the new owners of Roth’s Fresh Markets: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Teal, a Salem commercial real estate…
City of Salem, other public employers will likely fall under Biden’s vaccine mandate
Four of Salem’s 10 largest employers are local government agencies, rather than private businesses – but they’ll still likely fall under the vaccination mandate President Joe Biden announced last week. That means most workers for the city of Salem, Marion…
EXCLUSIVE: “There’s no cavalry to come save us”: Salem-area hospital workers exhausted as Covid patients fill beds
Sam Bereny, an EMT at Metro West Ambulance, administers a second dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) On Friday morning, Salem…
Early results show progressive candidates sweeping Salem-Keizer school board, fire district to hire new staff
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Progressive candidates led in all four Salem-Keizer School District board races following early results Tuesday, with the sole incumbent seeking re-election easily defeated. An initial ballot count at 8 p.m. Tuesday showed Osvaldo Avila, Ashley Carson-Cottingham, Karina…
In Salem, Chauvin verdict “a small step in the right direction”
Protesters by the thousands gathered at the Capitol for the March for Floyd on Saturday, June 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem residents who have pushed for police reform and racial justice said they were relieved after a Minneapolis jury found…
Marion County ordered to cut restaurant capacity, halt long-term care visits in effort to slow Covid spread
Libby Anderson serves coffee at Archive with a mask and safe distancing on June 17, 2020. (Cathy Cheney/Salem Reporter) This story was updated at 4:50 p.m. to include a statement from Marion County. Marion County restaurants, gyms and museums will…
Fleeing by the thousands, Santiam Canyon families seek refuge in Salem
A volunteer directs traffic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Tuesday, September 8. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Allison Hargett was on a family camping trip at Detroit State Park over the Labor Day weekend when friends, anxious about increasing winds and…
Five more coronavirus deaths reported at south Salem assisted living facility
An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Long-term care facilities continue to drive new deaths from the coronavirus, and two new Marion County workplaces, including Oregon State Hospital, now have active outbreaks. Five…
Hundreds call on Salem-Keizer to end contracts for police in schools
Students organized by Latinos Unidos Siempre urged the new Salem-Keizer School Board to address the mental health needs of immigrant students and stop policies that disproportionately punish students of color at a July 2019 meeting. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Hundreds of…
Salem-area health officials say local coronavirus cases likely a matter of when, not if
Salem Hospital (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) No new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Oregon Tuesday, but health officials say it’s more likely a matter of when, not if, cases appear in Salem. While early response to…