By Salem Reporter
Willamette researchers find 350-year-old white oak among ice storm casualties
Willamette University students process oak tree core samples (Courtesy/Karen Arabas) The Oregon white oaks on the steep hill next to the playground at Bush’s Pasture Park aren’t especially large. But a sample from one of four on the hill that…
State hospital gets outside help for admitting mentally ill people under judges’ orders
The Oregon State Hospital on Friday, May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon State Hospital is getting help from an out-of-state expert to meet a weeks-passed deadline to start admitting people with mental illnesses for court-ordered treatment on time. The…
OSU horticulturist helps Oregonians fortify lawns, landscapes for climate change
Oregon State University Horticulturist Weston Miller in his Portland garden. Miller stands next to a pineapple guava, a fruiting shrub from South America that can survive in Oregon’s now longer, warmer months. (Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Weston Miller is helping…
Biologist spots river otter enjoying large fish in Salem Civic Center pond
A river otter swims in the Salem Civic Center pond on De. 26, 2021 (David Craig video still) David Craig has occasionally spotted river otters in Mill Creek. But the Salem biologist had a first on Sunday when he and…
Health officials investigate first-ever Oregon outbreak of fungal infection at Salem Hospital
Salem Hospital (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) This article was updated at 6:40 p.m. with additional information from Salem Health. Health authorities are investigating an outbreak of a serious fungal infection that’s sickened three patients at Salem Hospital this month. The cases…
Man injured in northeast Salem shooting Monday, police say
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem detectives are investigating a shooting Monday night in northeast Salem that left one person injured. The Salem Police Department received a call at 9:45 p.m. Monday from a witness reporting they heard reporting they heard gunshots,…
County’s waste reduction coordinator offers training in what to do with your stuff
(Courtesy/Dakota Tangredi) For Dakota Tangredi, a day at work as a waste reduction coordinator for Marion County often means showing up at apartment buildings with a safety vest, clipboard and gloves to examine their garbage. Starting with the recycling bins,…
UPDATED: Body found inside Salem man’s car was 16-year-old, sheriff’s office says
Update 12/29 9 a.m.: The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a Tuesday news release that the body of a dead pedestrian found in the car was a 16-year-old. The announcement came as Armando Rodarte Jr. was arraigned on charges…
TOP STORIES: In-person school returns, the delta surge and a clown
Salem Reporter’s Rachel Alexander, right, quizzes Gov. Kate Brown about school reopening plans on April 1, 2021 at Lincoln Elementary School in Woodburn (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) 2021 opened with an ice storm and appears on its way out with a…
Grant will help tell story of Black Oregon homesteader who sued to keep her land, livestock
Letitia Carson’s Homestead certificate (Oregon Secretary of State) A new grant awarded to a Salem-based historical society will help preserve the memory of one of the first Black pioneers to live in Oregon, a little-known figure in regional history who…