By Salem Reporter
AGENDA: Salem City Council considers managed camp in west Salem
Salem City Council Chambers. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council meets Monday to consider a new managed camp location which could allow about 60 people without housing to live on a city-owned parcel in west Salem. Councilors are meeting…
Liberty House holds safe annual event, shares details on services to help children
Eva Corbin, Liberty House vice president, addresses the Champions for Children Luncheon in Salem on Thursday, Sept. 23. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) It was a different kind of luncheon, with only four guests sitting at a table for…
Rep. Schrader instrumental in shutting down drug cost reform bill
Rep. Kurt Schrader (Brooklin Flint/Keizertimes) Keizer’s congressional representative Kurt Schrader cast a pivotal vote last week to shut down a bill that would have allowed the government to negotiate costs of prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies. Schrader’s critics claim large…
Salem, United Way halt plans for mental health crisis responder program
Brenton Gicker, left, prepares to pull CAHOOTS van toward a 911 call at Eugene Public Library. The city of Salem paused its plans to start a program where mental health workers respond to some crisis calls, rather than police. The…
Child care providers in Oregon can again apply for state grants
With most students absent during the COVID-19 pandemic, children get extra outdoor time at the Oregon Child Development Coalition’s North Lancaster preschool on March 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Oregon’s Early Learning Division has $224 million to pass out to…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Sept. 23, 2021
Salem Hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter is keeping you informed of the latest Covid numbers. Here’s our report for Thursday, Sept. 23. New Covid cases reported in Marion County: 166 New Covid cases reported…
Salem man arrested, accused of shooting into occupied vehicle
A Salem police car. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem man was arrested after police say he shot into an occupied vehicle Wednesday afternoon. None of the occupants of the vehicle were injured, the Salem Police Department said in a Thursday…
Man arrested, charged with murder in northeast Salem shooting Wednesday
A Salem police car. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem man on Thursday was charged with murder in connection with a Wednesday shooting in northeast Salem. Larry Ray Hatlestad, 43, was charged with second-degree murder and for being a felon in…
Marion County plans to build housing in Santiam Canyon for wildfire survivors
The Oak Park Motel property in Gates, Ore. on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County officials are planning to build 32 houses in the Santiam Canyon to provide short-term shelter for people displaced by the Beachie Creek…
Man dies at Marion County Jail in apparent suicide, deputies say
A man died at the Marion County Jail Wednesday morning from what deputies believe was a suicide. Marion County Sheriff’s deputies around 6 a.m. found Kenneth William Peden III, 21, unconscious in his cell “after an apparent suicide attempt,” a…