A pre-pandemic Salem Tuba Holiday rehearsal (Courtesy/Salem Symphonic Winds) The biggest gathering of tuba, euphonium and baritone players in town will return to the Elsinore Theatre on Friday for Salem’s Tuba Holiday concert. The annual performance of seasonal tunes is back on this year after the pandemic forced a hiatus[Read More…]
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COLUMN: Counselors can help with supplemental Medicare premiums
It was an eye-popping number: About $500 a month for a brand-name prescription drug. The Medicare beneficiary made an appointment with a Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA) counselor to see if the damage could be reduced. The individual had excellent medical insurance, but for years had had no insurance[Read More…]
Sprague team wins county contest for video spotlighting problem gambling
A screenshot from the 2021 winning problem gambling video, “Reach Out,” by a pair of Sprague High School students. Two Sprague High School students took home a $500 award from the Marion County Health and Human Services Department for a video spotlighting problem gambling. Students Hayden Grow and Nate Harmon[Read More…]
Salem’s economy in 2020 drew half of prior year’s travel revenue, industry report says
Angie Onyewuchi, president and CEO of Travel Salem, addressed a crowd at the Kroc Center on Nov. 21, 2019. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) Travel to the Salem area last year brought in half as much revenue for the local economy as it did in 2019, according to a[Read More…]
Oregon faces short staffing and not enough customers to inject 1 million booster shots
Syringes of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in January 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon officials are still working out details on how they will get 1 million booster doses into the arms of Oregonians by the end of January in the scramble[Read More…]
Celia Hyman Baculi, parent volunteer and South Salem High fixture, honored
Celia Hyman Baculi, center, is honored by friends, supporters and former students at a South Salem High School event celebrating her volunteer service on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Celia Hyman Baculi once took the seats out of her van so she could fill it with thousands of[Read More…]
Red Cross reports two catalytic converters stolen from response trucks, police say
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s Red Cross on Monday reported two catalytic converters were stolen from their response vehicles over the weekend. Lt. Treven Upkes, Salem police spokesman, said around 2:30 p.m. Monday, they reported someone had cut the chain-link fence around the parking lot and cut the catalytic converters off[Read More…]
Speed limits slow on sections of 17th Street, 45th Avenue
17th Street Northeast (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Drivers will have to slow down when driving on two Salem streets. The speed limit on 17th Street, between Southeast Mission Street and Northeast Silverton Road, has been reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph. The speed limit on 45th Avenue, from Northeast Center[Read More…]
Detectives looking for 17-year-old boy missing since Oct. 15
(Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) Detectives are asking for tips to help find Ezra Mayhugh, a missing 17-year-old boy from the Salem area. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office learned Mayhugh may be the victim of an online catfishing scheme, according to a Tuesday news release. Mayhugh was last seen Oct. 15[Read More…]
Salem unemployment falls slightly in November with gains in transportation, hospitality
Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s unemployment rate fell again in November after the city added jobs in trade and transportation, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality. The Salem metro area had a 4.1% seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November, down from 4.4% in October, according to[Read More…]
