By Salem Reporter
Capital Pioneers offer tackle football to women from “all walks of life”
After finishing their inaugural 2021 campaign with an unbeaten record in the regular season, the Capital Pioneers — an all women’s tackle football team that is a part of the Women’s Football Alliance — have begun preparations for the 2022…
Salem’s 2021 grad rates mostly flat, but 2 schools had a different path
A North Salem High School graduate at an August 2020 ceremony (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Erik Jespersen was worried about his students’ grades in fall 2020. With a week left to go during the first quarter of online school, the McNary…
Casey Kulla drops out of governor’s race to run for labor commissioner
Casey Kulla, a Yamhill County farmer, dropped his gubernatorial bid on Wednesday to run for labor commissioner. (Casey Kulla photo) Casey Kulla decided to run for governor of Oregon a year ago, motivated by the Jan. 6 insurrection against the…
Rep. Christine Drazan will resign from Oregon House to run for governor
State Rep. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, speaks during a legislative special session on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Canby Republican Christine Drazan announced Friday that she will resign from the state House, becoming the latest candidate for governor…
Salem police looking for man linked to two robberies in late 2021
Photographs of surveillance video from one of the robberies captured man Salem police have linked to both. (Courtesy/Salem Police Department) Salem police are asking for the public to help identify a man linked to two robberies in northeast Salem in…
Oregon soon could be on the mend from the pandemic with an expected drop in cases, officials say
Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon’s state health officer and epidemiologist.(YouTube screenshot) Oregon’s short-term Covid-19 outlook remains bleak, Oregon’s lead epidemiologist said Friday, with hospitals nearing a peak in the demand for hospital beds and case counts skyrocketing. But after that, the…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Jan. 21, 2022
A screengrab of Marion County’s daily Covid case numbers. As Covid hospitalizations continue to rise again due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter is again publishing case and hospitalization information daily. Here’s our report for Friday, Jan. 21. Though the…
Why Willamette’s law school dean wants alternatives to the bar exam
Brian Gallini, dean of Willamette University’s College of Law (Courtesy/Willamette University) When Brian Gallini talks to lawyers who have recently hired his former students, he often gets the same question. Gallini, dean of Willamette University’s College of Law, said employers…
Salem police claim no involvement in developing, presenting meme promoting violence against protesters
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police on Friday said no employees were involved in creating or presenting a meme promoting violence against protesters, which was shown in a slideshow as part of a crowd control training used by several Oregon law…
Far-right “Reawaken America Tour” will bring former Trump officials to Salem
A poster for the Reawaken America Tour conference in Salem Organizers of the far-right Reawaken America Tour moved a conference slated for Redmond to Salem following a conflict with Deschutes County officials over enforcement of Oregon’s mask mandate. The conference…