By Salem Reporter
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Jan. 28, 2022
A screengrab of Covid hospitalizations by region. As Covid hospitalizations remain high due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter is again publishing case and hospitalization information daily. Here’s our report for Friday, Jan 28. Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid:…
Willamette Valley air stagnation advisory extended to Saturday
Riverfront Park Taco bridge Salem stock January 2022 (Emil Marjan/Special to Salem Reporter) An air stagnation advisory for Salem and much of the Willamette Valley initially expected to be in place until 4 p.m. is now extended to Saturday at noon, according…
Man pleads guilty to hiding dead body in suitcase, sentenced to six months in prison
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) An Albany man pleaded guilty Jan. 11 to abusing a dead person after Salem police said he put a body in a suitcase and hid it in a car. Linson Lavell Johnson, 51, pleaded guilty to second-degree…
SALEM HISTORY: When Salem’s Sen. Charles McNary ran for vice president
A 1940 political poster for Salem native Charles McNary’s bid for vice president (WHC Collections 2004.026.0030) With a wide open field for Oregon’s next governor, there’s no shortage of political campaigning happening around Salem these days. But 82 years ago,…
Help keep Salem’s free fridges stocked with silent auction donations
Free Fridge Salem is seeking donations for a February silent auction to help keep its network of neighborhood fridges and pantries stocked with food and supplies. The group supplies more than a dozen dry food pantries and outdoor refrigerators located…
Capitol visitors can explore Oregon virtually with new interactive screen
Juliene Popinga, Visitor Services Manager at the Oregon State Capitol, demonstrates newly installed giant touch screens that allows visitors to do a virtual tour of Oregon tourist attractions and points of interest, and an interactive map of the Capitol building…
Alsea superintendent, board will defy mask mandate, forgo school funding
Used masks fill a garbage can (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Despite losing some federal relief money, Alsea School District leaders say they will disregard Covid mandates and allow students and staff to forgo masks when they return to school buildings on…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Jan. 27, 2022
As Covid hospitalizations remain high due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter is again publishing case and hospitalization information daily. Here’s our report for Thursday, Jan. 27. Total Salem Hospital patients with Covid: 124 as of Wednesday morning, an increase…
Local teachers get help to buy books, ukeleles and more from MAPS
Name cards and math workbooks for students at Kalapuya Elementary (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem students will have opportunities to go on field trips to college, analyze DNA in class or join a school ukelele club thanks to recent grants from…
Farm bureau-sponsored study predicts proposed agricultural overtime would be detrimental to industry
An onion field off of 76th Avenue Northeast on Friday, March 12, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A recent economic report commissioned by the Oregon Farm Bureau said requiring overtime pay for agricultural workers would overwhelm farmers with higher costs and…