By Salem Reporter
Oregon unemployment rate drops slightly
Oregon’s unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point in December, falling from 4.2% in November to 4.1%. The monthly decline in the statewide rate was the 20th in a row, according to a news release from the Oregon…
State attorneys urge Oregon Supreme Court to keep Kristof off ballot
Nick Kristof (right), Democrat running for Oregon governor, is being questioned about whether he has lived in the state long enough to qualify for office. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Nick Kristof’s actions over the past two decades establish that he…
Oregon DOJ investigating Covid testing center with locations in Salem
A testing center in South Salem displays The Center for Covid Control logo. (Joey Cappelletti/Keizertimes) The Center for Covid Control, a Covid testing company with two locations in Salem, has found itself the focus of a state investigation after it…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Jan. 20, 2022
A screengrab of the number of Covid positive people hospitalized in the region that covers Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Benton, Linn and Lincoln counties. As Covid hospitalizations continue to rise again due to the omicron variant, Salem Reporter is again publishing…
Police, FBI looking for man they say robbed a Salem bank
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police and the FBI are asking for tips about a bank robbery Jan. 14 at a Columbia Bank branch in southeast Salem. Around 5:55 p.m., a man entered the front doors of the bank 3300 block…
National Guard returns to Salem Hospital
Hospital Emergency Room Nurse Director Shane Emmert leads a first-day orientation briefing to Oregon Army National Gaurd hospital relief mission members at West Valley Hospital in Dallas, Oregon, on Jan. 18, 2022. (Maj. W. Chris Clyne/Oregon National Guard) National Guard…
Salem Symphonic Winds postpones Sunday show to May
Salem Symphonic Winds musician Alicia Rasmussen tries to play through her “flute boot,” a device intended to minimize the spread of aerosols (Courtesy/Alicia Rasmussen) John Skelton knew putting on the Salem Symphonic Winds at the Elsinore Theatre Sunday would be…
Oregon Capitol beefs up security, expects to spend $500K on security guards
The dome of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) The Oregon Legislature is stepping up security at the Capitol, to the tune of more than half a million dollars per year. Senate President…
With pandemic challenges, 81% of Salem seniors graduated in 2021
Members of the South Salem High School Class of 2021 celebrate following their graduation ceremony (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Four in five Salem-Keizer seniors graduated high school in 2021, a rate virtually unchanged from 2020, according to state data released Thursday.…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Jan. 19, 2022
A screengrab of a graph showing the daily number of Covid cases in Marion County. 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…