Rachel Alexander
Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers education, economic development and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for over a decade and is a past president of Oregon's Society of Professional Journalists chapter. Outside of work, you can often find her gardening or with her nose buried in a book.
For the first time in 70 years, Salem won’t have an art fair this summer
Customers browse jewelry at the 2019 Salem Art Fair (Saphara Harrell/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 Art Association is pulling the plug on…
Got questions about coronavirus? Santiam Hospital doctors want to help
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) NOTE:…
Salem-Keizer board will meet virtually Monday to hear the latest on local school closure
The 2019-20 Salem-Keizer School Board (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 School Board will hold a virtual meeting Monday afternoon to…
Salem-Keizer will let students borrow district laptops during school closure
Highland Elementary 2nd grade teacher Becky Montgomery works with a student during a computer math exercise Wednesday March 13, 2019. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as…
As southeast Salem food pantries close, teachers step up to feed families
Caryn Connoly, left, a Roberts High School teacher, and Courtney Clendening, a Clear Lake Elementary School teacher, load food into a family’s truck at Four Corners Elementary School on March 25, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing…
Kaiser begins COVID-19 testing at North Lancaster clinic
Kaiser Permanente’s North Lancaster clinic (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. Kaiser Permanente will begin processing COVID-19 tests in Oregon and testing some…
Home from school, Salem family makes “Quarantine Cuisine” videos to pass the time
Karson Kidd-Owen, 9, films an episode of “Quarantine Cuisine” in his family’s central Salem kitchen (Courtesy/Rob Owen) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. If you’ve got…
Salem Health runs out of hospital mask sewing kits in half an hour
People line up to grab a mask sewing kit from a Salem Health distribution in the former Kmart parking lot on Thursday, March 26, 2020 (Courtesy/Keith Riggs) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the…
Running low on supplies, Salem Health stops coronavirus testing at clinics, emergency room
A check in station outside the back entrance to the Salem Health clinic on South River Road, where patients were being tested for COVID-19 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the…
Marion County confirms 55 people infected with COVID-19, Oregon’s second-highest count
The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (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. Marion County has more people who have…