By Salem Reporter
National Guard arrives to reinforce overworked Salem Hospital staff
U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Thomas Watson puts together a patient meal at Salem Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed.…
State Rep. Bill Post of Keizer will retire at end of term in 2022
Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer State Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer, said Thursday he will not seek re-election to the Oregon House of Representatives next year and will retire at the end of his term in 2022. Post since 2015 has represented…
COLUMN: As economy recovers, Salem is seeing inflation like the rest of the country
Inflation in the U.S. Over the course of the pandemic, the Salem area’s economy has experienced the largest job loss in a single month, 21,000 jobs from March to April of 2020, and the fastest recovery ever from a recession.…
Chuck Lee, Keizer educator and advocate, dies at 72
Chuck Lee (Courtesy photo) Charles E. (Chuck) Lee, a fixture in Salem-Keizer education, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 4, at the age of 72, the Keizertimes reported. Lee, born May 18, 1949 in Seattle, served on the Salem-Keizer School Board and…
Data digest: Covid by the numbers for Sept. 8, 2021
CERT team volunteer Laura Hildebrandt holds out one of the donated masks during a mask collection event at Woodmansee Park on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) With Covid cases and hospitalizations climbing in Oregon, Salem Reporter is keeping you…
“Incredibly exciting”: Salem students back in schools
Senior Saeeda Ibrahim talks to sophomore Victoria Lopez during orchestra class on the first day of school at North Salem High School on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Almost everyone inside North Salem High School looked lost Wednesday…
Oregon workers’ compensation costs will again decline next year, state predicts
Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) For the ninth year in a row, Oregon employers on average will spend less in 2022 on workers’ compensation, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services said in a Wednesday news release. The…
West Salem music students go door to door seeking donations Saturday
West Salem High School band students at a previous Make Music Day (Courtesy/Kenda Peterson) Musically inclined West Salem High School students will be knocking on doors Saturday to raise money for the school’s music programs. The annual Music Day was…
Marion County child abuse response team ramps up investigations ahead of fall school return
Blue ribbons hang from the branches of a tree outside of the Oregon State Capitol, representing victims of child abuse or neglect in Oregon on Thursday, April 1, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem area law enforcement agencies are preparing for…
AROUND OREGON: Adrian to pay former superintendent more than $100,000; he agrees not to sue
Kevin Purnell at a school board meeting at Adrian High School for the last time as the Adrian School District Superintendent on Monday, Aug. 30. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) ADRIAN – The Adrian School District will pay former superintendent Kevin Purnell…