By Salem Reporter
In 2021 return, Salem’s student theater program takes on new stages
Holly Fujii, 11, of Salem, takes down a stage light at North Salem High School as part of the Children’s Educational Theatre summer camp on Wednesday, July 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Lily Schaefer is back in action this summer as…
Like funnel cakes, rides and working outside? The Oregon State Fair is hiring.
A couple rides the fair lift across the grounds. (Anna CK Smith/ special to the Salem Reporter) If you’re looking to sling funnel cakes or direct traffic, the Oregon State Fair might have a job for you. The fair is…
PHOTOS: Students grill, build robots at Salem summer camps
Chase Allen, 12, lets go of a lego car that he and a group designed during the Robotics Wiz enrichment camp at CTEC on Wednesday, July 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) After students in Salem – and across Oregon – saw…
State bans camp fires in parks, forestland as fire danger grow
Fire crews from Marion County, formed into Task Force 16, were relieved Saturday, July 17, from service on the Bootleg Fire. This photo from the scene is by Ryan Russell, Keizer Fire District division chief. 3 p.m. WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Additional…
Salem police arrest suspect in cantina shooting
Salem police said Wednesday that Nevada law enforcement agencies have arrested a suspect in a July 10 bar shooting that left two men dead in northeast Salem. Nivardo Ramirez Monge, 21, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree…
AROUND OREGON: Domestic wells run dry in many Klamath Basin homes
KLAMATH FALLS – Judy Shanks starts her shift at Basin Ambulance at 5 a.m. each morning. She likes to start and finish work early, so she can return to her Malin home in the afternoon and tend to her livestock.…
Most Salem families will get up to $1,100 per child to buy food
Veronica Diaz squirts mayonnaise on her son Victor’s sandwich during a free summer lunch at Washington Elementary School on June 18, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) If you get an unexpected piece of mail with a South Dakota return address, don’t…
Big machines stir to life at Great Oregon Steam-Up
Entrance of an early Steam-Up event (Courtesy/Powerland Heritage Park archives) For a half century, a unique playground called Powerland Heritage Park near Brooks has collected and honored the machines that shaped Oregon’s early development. Its summer Great Oregon Steam-Up celebration…
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners consider new health department office space
The Marion County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday will consider approving a $650,000 lease on a new office space for the county’s Health and Human Services Department administrative employees. AGENDA The two-year lease would provide space for two health department…
Salem hits historic employment level as economy recovers
More people than ever were working in the Salem area last month, another sign of the continuing recovery of the local economy. The Oregon Employment Department released information Tuesday showing that 3,493 more people were employed in June than the…