By Salem Reporter
STATUS CHECK: Where key legislative bills are on week 4
Legislators are pushing what bills remain as they head into the last week of the 2022 regular session. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) The five-week session of the Oregon Legislature kicked off with lawmakers filing more than 200 bills. Those have…
Salem weekly Covid report for Feb. 25: cases, hospitalizations falling
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter has reworked our Covid reports to a weekly format based on feedback from readers. The overwhelming majority of those who responded said they want to keep seeing reports on local numbers, and many suggested data…
DEQ fines Marion County garbage burner over $15,000
Covanta Marion (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) The state’s environmental regulator announced Friday it had issued a $15,700 fine to Covanta Marion, the county’s garbage incinerator, for an air quality violation. Covanta’s fine was one of 12 civil penalties that the Oregon…
Help pull ivy in Englewood Park Saturday
Brenna Schieb puts a tree in the ground during a planting at Englewood Park .(Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Get your hands dirty Saturday as volunteers help pull invasive ivy and shiny geranium from Englewood Park. The city of Salem is…
Three convicted for roles in 2021 west Salem Safeway shooting
The Polk County Courthouse (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Three people pleaded or were found guilty in recent weeks for their roles in a February 2021 shooting at a west Salem Safeway that left a man with near-fatal injuries. Colton Thomas James…
Interstate moving fraud scheme hauled belongings to Oregon warehouses, feds say
Kieran Ramsey, special agent with FBI Portland, stands by pallets with people’s belongings in a warehouse in Salem. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Michele and Ron Mitliori knew something was wrong when the company they’d paid to move their belongings from Nevada…
COLUMN: A duck rescue ends well for all involved
Domestic ducks captured by Harry Fuller at a south Salem park on Feb. 16, 2022 (Harry Fuller/Special to Salem Reporter) This little adventure began as a minor mystery, became a challenging puzzle, concluded with all concerned parties happy. Our dog…
McKay strings take center stage with Saturday “Four Seasons” fundraiser concert
Senior Gabriel Jurado, 17, rehearses Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with the McKay High School orchestra on Feb. 23, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) As Alex Figueroa’s students returned to full-time school in the fall, he knew many felt disengaged from orchestra after…
Oregon’s Congressional leaders back sanctions on Russia, condemn attack on Ukraine
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats from Oregon, address a Portland business summit on Dec. 6, 2021. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Nearly every member of Oregon’s Congressional delegation on Thursday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Feb. 24, 2022
Salem Hospital (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) State health officials said Thursday that Oregon would drop its indoor mask mandate March 19 as hospitalizations continue to fall. The statewide school mask mandate will also lift then, though school districts or local health…