South Salem High School students at a Saxon Strong club meeting on Dec. 6, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Ava Templeton knows how unhelpful well-intentioned friends and adults can be for teenagers struggling with depression. The 17-year-old South Salem High School senior has had people offer unsolicited advice when she’s sought[Read More…]
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Salem proposes five new micro shelter sites, asks for feedback during forums
A partially-completed pallet shelter on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The city of Salem is currently considering five new location for micro shelter villages, small buildings meant to serve as a transition out of homelessness. The city is holding three forums on the proposed locations and has an[Read More…]
UPDATED: Flood watch ends for Salem, much of western Oregon
High water in Glenn Creek at Orchard Heights Park on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Update: The flood watch issued for Salem and much of western Oregon expired at 4 p.m., said John Bumgardner, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Bumgardner said as of 4:30 p.m. Monday,[Read More…]
Omicron variant spreading faster than expected in Oregon, hospitals face surge of patients
Oregon Health & Science University issued a new forecast on Dec. 31, 2021, showing climbing hospitalizations for Covid. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks) Oregon goes into the new year with the omicron variant of covid spreading faster than expected, setting the stage for record hospitalizations through January, according to the latest forecast[Read More…]
TOP STORIES: Crisis response, rental assistance and state hospital in contempt
Ashley Hamilton, program director of the ARCHES Project, shows Jimmy Jones recently donated supplies that are currently stored in the building’s unused sobering center on May 7, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Unlike the rest of our folks at Salem Reporter, making this list for me meant less than four months[Read More…]
Slowing effects of climate change among priorities for Oregon’s new watersheds director
The Klamath River watershed extends throughout south central Oregon to northern California and to the Pacific Ocean. It is one of many watersheds in Oregon that Lisa Charpilloz-Hanson will work to protect as new director of the state’s Watershed Enhancement Board. Lisa Charpilloz-Hanson learns best out in the field, which[Read More…]
Oregon buys 6 million at-home test kits to give away free through community outlets
Oregon officials announced Thursday, Dec. 30, that they have ordered 6 million test kits to distribute free. (iHealth Labs) SALEM – The Oregon Health Authority has ordered 6 million home test kits to be given away free to help detect the coronavirus, the agency announced Thursday. The kits, each containing[Read More…]
Two men charged with armed robbery of west Salem Plaid Pantry
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police on Wednesday arrested two Dallas residents in connection with the armed robbery of a Plaid Pantry more than a week prior. Aspen Hale and Dominick Howland, both 21, were charged Thursday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of second-degree theft[Read More…]
Man injured in Thursday morning shooting in Highland area
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police are investigating a shooting Thursday morning that left a man injured. Around 9:20 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at the intersection of Northeast Pine and Broadway streets, a Thursday news release said. Police found a man with non-life-threatening injuries, and he was transported[Read More…]
Patients responding well to treatment following first cases of drug-resistant yeast in Oregon
Salem Hospital (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) One of the Salem Hospital patients infected with a strain of drug-resistant yeast is responding well to treatment, and two others have shown no signs of infection despite testing positive for the fungus, health officials said. Salem Health and the Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday[Read More…]
