Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Seniors at West Salem High School participate in graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 10. Last year, high school graduation ceremonies were modified and delayed until August because of the pandemic. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Seniors at West Salem High School participate in graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 10. Last year, high[Read More…]
Uncategorized Customers browse at the Salem Saturday Market on opening day, March 6, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem’s market season kicked off over the weekend, an early opening to give vendors a longer season to sell their goods and food. The parking lot at 865 Marion St N.E. was about half[Read More…]
Uncategorized A man works to clear debris on a parked car on Center Street in Salem on Saturday, Feb. 13. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The sound startled people from one side of town to another: c-r-r-a-c-c-k-k. On street after street, in yard after yard, trees and shrubs crumbled under the weight of[Read More…]
Uncategorized Senator Chuck Riley, left, and Senator James I. Manning Jr. greet each other with an elbow bump at the first session of the Oregon Senate the morning of Jan. 22. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, gavels the Oregon Senate into session Jan. 22. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)Sen.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Seats in the Oregon House chamber visitor gallery are marked to enforce social distancing. Only chairs marked in green are available. Since the Capitol building is closed to the public, no one was seated in the visitor’s gallery on Jan. 21. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek visits[Read More…]
Uncategorized Heavy blocks provide new security at the Capitol on Saturday, Jan. 16. State officials took precautions ahead of warnings from the FBI of possible protests at capitols across the country. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The Capitol, the scene of repeated protests in recent months, is safeguarded against potential violence in the[Read More…]
Uncategorized An employee of 3R’s Construction adjusts a respirator mask in early 2020 while helping with the company’s free disinfection of first response vehicles. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) When I turned in my cameras at the end of my final shift as a photojournalist with the Statesman Journal almost exactly 20 years[Read More…]
Situated on an island in the middle of the North Santiam River near Stayton, the Geren Island Water Treatment Facility faces unprecedented challenges in providing clean water to Salem users. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) At 1 a.m. on Sept. 8, Tim Sherman, his wife, daughter, and a daughter’s friend loaded into[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Marion Forks Hatchery and Oregon Highway 22 as seen on Oct. 14 following massive wildfires (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Marion County Commissioners voted Oct. 14 to waive building and septic permitting fees for homeowners rebuilding following wildfires in the Santiam Canyon. The announcement comes after a similar decision by Linn[Read More…]
Uncategorized A worker starts the big job of cleaning up debris in Gates. The community was hit hard by fires on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8, triggered in part by power lines toppled as high winds hit the Santiam Canyon. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) With smoke cleared, the patchwork of wildfire damage[Read More…]
