Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Two F-15 Eagles from the 142nd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard soar above the Capitol on Friday, May 8, to honor Salem health care workers and first responders. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The perfect blue sky made for a dramatic backing for two F-15 Eagles that flew across[Read More…]
Uncategorized Erin Rhoten joined in a birthday party parade Friday to celebrate Merlie Reeves’ 90th birthday on Friday, May 1. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Merlie Reeves’ calls out to friends and relatives driving by her Salem home on Friday, May 1, to celebrate her 90th birthday. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Christie O’Brien tugs[Read More…]
Uncategorized A drone camera captures fields of a yellow seed crop adjacent to orchards and fields of the Spring Valley area in west Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Uncategorized With April showers, Salem gardens are starting to put on their finest. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) When April showers come your way, don’t retreat to the living room and curl up with a good book. Reach for your camera, (or phone), and head out into the garden. While it may be counter[Read More…]
Uncategorized A view from a drone shows construction crews making progress to take down the old Leslie Junior High School, adjacent to South Salem High School. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The brick school house that was Leslie Junior High School opened in 1927, serving south Salem for 70 years. When the new[Read More…]
A sign reminds spectators of COVID-19 prevention measures, as sidewalk superintendents gather to watch the demolition of the old Leslie Junior High School Wednesday, April 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Demolition began this week on the old Leslie Junior High School building, a brick building that opened in 1927 and has[Read More…]
Uncategorized A pollen-laden bee hovers near a camas root flower in Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) It happens every year in mid April, even during the coronavirus shutdown, the annual eye-popping burst of spring color in Bush’s Pasture Park in south Salem. Well planned and maintained, the park,[Read More…]
Uncategorized The popular statue of former Gov. Tom McCall, in Salem’s Riverfront Park, has become a photo destination after getting a pandemic update. The statue of McCall, with a fly rod in one hand, and a steelhead in the other, has attracted throngs of photographers after someone placed a personal protective[Read More…]
Uncategorized Unable to conduct the usual Easter morning service in the chapel because of coronovirus restrictions, Pastor Seth Morley of the West Salem Christian Church delivered his sermon from a makeshift pulpit on a flatbed trailer parked in the church’s parking lot. Church members were asked to keep their windows rolled[Read More…]
Uncategorized The historic Oak Grove Church in west Salem at sunset recently. The church was built in 1882. Throughout Salem, churches will be unusually quiet on Easter Sunday, April 12, as congregations obey the state’s order to avoid large gatherings and stay home. Some churches planned to provide “virtual” services by[Read More…]
