By Salem Reporter
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners meet to consider staffing funds for 2020 wildfire building and planning department
Colm Willis, Marion County commissioner, speaks during a north county special meeting concerning COVID-19 response on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider appointing a new member to the Marion County…
Oregon governor’s race starting to take shape
When Oregonians go to the polls in about a year, they won’t see their current governor on their ballot for only the second time this century. Gov. Kate Brown can’t run for a third term, leaving Democrats with a wide-open…
Cost of Covid: Hospital stays longer, more costly for difficult treatment
Registered nurse Dajanay Ash tends to a patient in intensive care in Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario. (Malheur Enterprise/LILIANA FRANKEL) Getting hospitalized with Covid in an intensive care unit can result in a weeks-long ordeal, near-death experiences – and…
A Disney-themed surprise lifts spirits for June
June, a two-year-old cancer patient from Mill City at a Make-A-Wish Foundation event in her honor at Capitol Auto Group in Salem on Sept. 30, 2021 (Courtesy/Capitol Auto Group) A two-year-old cancer patient was so overwhelmed when she came through…
One month into school, few Covid outbreaks among kids in Salem
A sign in a third grade classroom on the first day of school at Liberty Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem – and the rest of Oregon – haven’t seen a spike in kids seriously…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Oct. 4, 2021
A screengrab of a chart showing the number of Covid-positive patients hospitalized in the region which includes Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. Salem Reporter is keeping you informed of the latest Covid numbers. Here’s our report for…
Grab a pumpkin for a good cause at Sprague on Saturday
Sprague High School ASB students promoted a “Choose to Stay” suicide prevention event for Oct. 9, 2021 in a school video. (YouTube screenshot) Sprague High School’s student government leaders and the Brown family will be giving out pumpkins Saturday. The…
The Reed renovation brings new eateries, shops and flair to downtown Salem
The Reed Opera House hosted a soft opening on Oct. 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When the owners of the Reed Opera House decided to sell the building, real estate developer Scott Chernoff saw an opportunity for a re-emergence of…
COLUMN: Birds, our fellow bipeds
Glaucous-winged Gull with webbed feet. (Harry Fuller/Special to Salem Reporter) We two-legged animals must know we’re outnumbered. All those insects and spiders, not to mention crabs, starfish, squid and centipedes. There are mostly four-footers among our fellow mammals. At the other…
Man cited for DUI, hit-and-run after power pole crash that shut off power for around 800 residences
A Salem police vehicle. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police officers arrested a man accused of fleeing the scene after crashing a car into a power pole Sunday night and shutting off power for hundreds. Police responded around 11:45 p.m. to…