By Salem Reporter
Salem weekly Covid report for March 4: cases, hospitalizations continue falling
Health care workers work in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter has reworked our Covid reports to a weekly format based on feedback from readers. The overwhelming majority of…
Salem man charged with shooting, killing girlfriend Thursday night
A Salem man was charged Friday with murder after deputies say he shot and killed his girlfriend the night prior. Cruz Hernandez-Rivera, 34, was charged with second-degree murder and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Around 7:40 p.m.…
LOCAL HISTORY: Rachel Brooks, Black Pioneer of 1843
Rachel Brooks’ slave receipt (Oregon State Archives) This column was originally written for the Willamette Valley Genealogical Society’s publication in a slightly different form and is shared here with permission. Rachel Brooks (freed married name) is in the Early Oregonians…
Sunday rally will support end of fighting in Ukraine
(A flier shared by Oregon PeaceWorks for the Sunday rally at the corner of Northeast Liberty and Chemeketa Streets) Two local nonprofits are expected to hold a rally in downtown Salem Sunday in support of ending the war in Ukraine.…
Oregon Legislature passes bill mandating overtime pay for farmworkers
Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, called the farmworker overtime bill a “good beginning.” (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Oregon is headed towards becoming the eighth state to mandate overtime pay for farmworkers. The pay bill passed its final legislative hurdle on…
World Beat Gallery opens “Impressions of China” exhibit
Retired Willamette Professor Xijuan Zhou helped with the exhibit (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) The Salem Multicultural Institute opened the “Impressions of China” exhibition at the World Beat Gallery. Wei Anderson curated the exhibit, which gives a broad overview of…
Salem Leadership Foundation raises record-setting amount in annual fundraiser
The Salem Leadership Foundation raised over $125,000 during this year’s annual fundraiser. (Courtesy/Jerry Stevens) The Salem Leadership Foundation has so far raised $126,100 during its annual fundraiser which ends Saturday. It’s a record-setting amount for the nonprofit, which had…
Pandemic back rent is due, but help’s available for Oregon tenants
Apartments in downtown Salem (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A grace period to pay back rent that piled up during the early months of the Covid pandemic ended Tuesday, but tenants still have options to avoid eviction. A 2021 law gave renters…
Judge bars parole board from reconsidering sentences for youth offenders under governor’s plan
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Marion County Circuit Court judge Tuesday ordered the state’s parole board not to hold hearings to consider early release of dozens of Oregonians for crimes they committed as minors. The ruling is a setback for a…
PHOTOS: City of Salem clears out homeless camp at Marion Square Park
Derrick Hart organizes his possessions as he prepares to move them out of Marion Square Park during the eviction of a homeless encampment at the park on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Crews of city workers, police and…