By Salem Reporter
City Club meeting Friday will cover energy-saving work, resources in the future
Solar panels on the Salem Public Library roof (Courtesy/city of Salem) Salem residents wondering what shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy means for Oregon’s future can get some clarity at Friday’s City Club meeting. The Zoom webinar, titled “Powering…
Salem-area high school girls can earn cash through speech contest
Girls in 10th or 11th grade at a Marion or Polk county school can win up to $500 in the American Association of University Women’s annual Speech Trek contest. The contest, sponsored by the association’s Salem chapter, will be held…
COLUMN: Breeding season begins, with owls, hawks leading the way
A mated pair of red-shouldered hawks, taking the sun and relaxing together. (Courtesy/Karl Schneck) Adult birds are already pairing for the 2022 breeding season. If great horned owls are nearby, a couple may be heard at night calling back and…
Oregon’s state education director a quiet, collaborative force in the turbulence of pandemic
Colt Gill, director of the Oregon Department of Education stands in front of the department’s headquarters. He has led Oregon schools and the Education Department through one of the most difficult periods in its history. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Colt Gill…
State hospital pauses admissions as Covid outbreak spreads
Oregon State Hospital on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon State Hospital is pausing new patient admissions due to a Covid outbreak with 29 patients and 32 employees in the Salem facility testing positive for the virus…
Annual native plant sale starts today, will be held online
Checkermallow, one of the native plants on sale during Marion Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual sale. (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) Marion Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual Native Plant Sale will be held online this year. The sale starts Wednesday…
‘We’re definitely into the omicron wave,’ says Oregon’s top health care official
Health officials are hoping that an uptick in booster doses will prevent some peole from being hospitalized for omicron. (Fritz Liedtke/Oregon Health & Science University) After watching coronavirus skyrocket elsewhere in the country, Oregon health officials are now tallying a…
Foreclosure moratorium ends statewide as nearly 3,000 in Marion County are behind on mortgages
Hundreds of people waited in line to apply for a one-time economic relief payment at the OnPoint Community Credit Union in West Salem in August 2020. Oregonians spared mortgage payments due to pandemic impacts over the past two years may…
Salem reports 3,100 gallon overflow of raw sewage into Little Pudding River
The city of Salem on Tuesday announced an overflow of raw sewage went into the Little Pudding River Monday afternoon. The overflow, near 4770 Glendale Ave NE., began around 1:15 p.m. Monday and stopped at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. The city…
Pre-party checkup turns into surprise New Year’s Day delivery for local couple
Annie and Matt Dimick with baby James Wayne, born shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, 2022 (Courtesy/Salem Health) Annie Dimick had cocktail meatballs ready to go for a family friend’s New Year’s Eve party when she and her husband Matt…