By Salem Reporter
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners meet to discuss road sign, paving agreements in wildfire burned areas
Colm Willis, Marion County commissioner, sits in on a homeless alliance executive meeting video conference on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider an agreement to install traffic signs and repair…
Nearman pleads guilty for role in allowing demonstrators into Capitol
Former Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, at his desk on March 30, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Former Oregon State Representative Mike Nearman pleaded guilty on July 27 for his part in allowing protestors into the Oregon Capitol building on Dec. 21.…
Salem’s Connections365 raising money to plug into city services
The congregation from Bethesda at Bethel International Ministries served food at the recent Connections365 fundraising picnic. (Mary Louise VanNatta – Special to Salem Reporter) Connections365 has served the Salem community for over 32 years, a nonprofit that provides therapeutic foster…
Marion County to help fund teen summer jobs with business grants
A ‘now hiring’ sign outside of a Burger King on Lancaster Drive in Salem on Friday, May 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County announced a new program on July 23, aimed at supporting local businesses that hire young workers over…
Cuban music, dancing set stage for Dream Center fundraiser
Jessie Doneth at the Salem Dream Center Havana Nights event on Thursday, July 22. (Mary Louise VanNatta – Special to Salem Reporter) Events are back. This was confirmed when 250 guests gathered at Cubanisimo Vineyards on July 22 for the…
AGENDA: Salem-Keizer board wants to hear from you about public comment
New school board Director Karina Guzmán Ortiz, left, student advisor Grace Caldwell and Directors Ashley Carson Cottingham, María Hinojos Pressey and Osvaldo Avila smile as supporters hand them flowers before their first meeting on July 13, 2021 Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)…
Search continues for Salem climber who fell on Mt. Jefferson
A view of Mount Jefferson from Jefferson Park. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Rescuers from multiple counties have joined the search for a Salem climber who fell while descending Mount Jefferson Friday morning. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said Steven Vanpelt, 33,…
AROUND OREGON: A hidden death calls into question Eugene police conduct
EUGENE – On a Friday night in March 2020, Landon Payne returned to his Eugene home high on meth, panicked and paranoid. He’d been clean for three years, but now, after using methamphetamine again, he believed people wanted to kill…
All campfires, even in campgrounds, banned in Willamette National Forest
A fire level sign at the Oregon Department of Forestry on Highway 22 on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Campers can no longer burn fires in campgrounds in Willamette National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday. The…
Salem police investigating fatal crash on Church Street
Salem Police reported a fatal traffic crash on the 600 block of Church Street Northeast on Friday around 3 p.m. Police spokesman Lt. Treven Upkes said a woman died in the crash, but her age is not currently being released.…