By Salem Reporter
PHOTOS: October brings pumpkin patches, mazes and cider
Quentin Pollard, 7, of Salem, jumps off of hay bales into a pit of hay at Fordyce Farm on Oct. 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A wheelbarrow full of pumpkins at EZ Orchards Harvest Festival on Oct. 1, 2021. (Amanda…
Catholic Community Services raises funds for families
Bishop Steiner paused for a photo with Fr. Tim Mockaitis and Fr. Philip Waibel (masks removed for photo) (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) Hundreds of masked attendees gathered at the “Building Resilience through Hope and Healing” luncheon on Sept.…
OHA reports Covid outbreaks at Marion, Polk county jails
The Polk County Jail on April 2, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Three Marion County jail inmates and two employees have contracted Covid over the past month, making the jail the latest correctional facility to report an outbreak. The Oregon Health…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Oct. 1, 2021
Lane Hawkes, emergency room nurse, receives a Covid vaccine at Salem Hospital on Dec. 17 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter is keeping you informed of the latest Covid numbers. Here’s our report for Friday, Oct. 1. New Covid cases reported…
Campfires again allowed in Oregon state parks and forests
Visitors make s’mores during a July 2019 camping trip at Silver Falls State Park (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation) S’mores are back in Oregon’s parks and forests. The state Department of Forestry on Friday lifted a blanket ban on…
SALEM HISTORY: The “traqueros” who helped build Oregon’s railways
A photo essay published in the Capital Journal on Oct. 12, 1970 detailed Jose Marcos Campos’ railway work, shortly before his retirement. For over a year now I have had ‘exploring Salem’s Hispanic Heritage’ on my list of things I…
Two classrooms at Grant, Weddle elementary schools moved online following student illness
Forty-two students at Grant and Weddle elementary schools have moved to online classes through Oct. 11 because of student illnesses. The quarantine includes a second grade classroom at Weddle with 19 students and a first grade classroom at Grant with…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Sept. 30, 2021
Health care workers work in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter is keeping you informed of the latest Covid numbers. Here’s our report for Thursday, Sept. 30. New Covid…
Northeast Salem shooting suspect released on bail; new details emerge in police affidavit
A Salem man who was arrested Sept. 22 and accused of shooting at a van with three young children inside told police he did not intend to shoot anyone and was firing rounds into the air. Ivanovich Garcia-Sanchez, 39, was…
Salem teacher gets community boost to expand classroom library
Teacher Kalia Flocker holds books she bought for her classroom library at Lamb Elementary on Sept. 28, 2021 after a crowdfunding campaign. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Kalia Flocker has spent years building up her classroom library for students at Lamb Elementary.…