By Salem Reporter
VIDEO: Hoopla draws thousands of players
A basketball game on Court Street during the annual Hoopla 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Thousands of teams hit the streets around the Capitol for Hoopla, the 3-on-3 basketball tournament that returned to Salem…
Salem completes ozone treatment facility for drinking water
Vaporizor towers stand next to a tank that will store liquid oxygen at minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit for ozone generation at the Geren Island water treatment facility on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s drinking water has a…
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners meet to consider opposing school mask mandate
The view from Marion County Commissioner Colm Willis’ office in downtown Salem on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider a resolution opposing a mask mandate for students, approve the Community…
World War II vets from Salem get to soar in vintage aircraft
Cleo Goodman waves to friends and family after completing her flight over Salem on Friday, Aug. 6. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The Salem Municipal Airport buzzed with activity on Friday, Aug 6, as four World War II veterans from Salem took…
McKinley kids bring smiles with volunteer yard work for aging neighbor
Caden Gallini, 7, left, helps Grubby Hain, 79, with yard work on Aug. 2, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The first Monday of each month is Grubby Hain’s favorite day: That’s when neighborhood children show up at his South Salem home…
PHOTOS: Hoops, kids and balls make a busy weekend in downtown Salem
Basketball teams converged on the streets of Salem for the annual Hoopla 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) They played game after game on basketball courts marked on street pavement around the Capitol. This wasn’t…
Salem, Keizer will test school zone flashing lights
The city of Salem announced on Friday it would begin preparing for the upcoming school year by testing lights in school zones. The city will begin testing flashing beacons in school speed zones in Salem and Keizer on August 10.…
Most new cases in Salem Health’s Covid outbreak are employee relatives, hospital says
Salem Hospital (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Sixty-four people have contracted Covid in an outbreak at Salem Hospital in the past week, the Oregon Health Authority said Wednesday. But the hospital disputed the health authority’s characterization, saying Friday that those…
Salem Health Wellness Classic raises funds for community health
Volunteer Jared Virtue checks on golfers at the Wellness Classic (Mary Louisa Van Natta/Special to Salem Reporter) Starting via a “shotgun start” at 9 a.m. sharp on Aug. 2, 36 teams headed into Creekside Golf Club to participate in the…
Salem again sees decline in number of child care providers
Children play outside at the Oregon Child Development Coalition’s North Lancaster preschool on March 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The number of child care providers in the Salem area continues to decline in 2021, more than a year after the…