By Salem Reporter
Two swimmers in the Willamette River remain missing after hot weekend
People cool off in the Willamette River at Wallace Marine Park on Saturday, June 26, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Local search crews are looking for two swimmers that went missing over the unusually hot weekend. Marine patrol deputies from the…
PHOTOS: As Chang Tuh expands, the Salem company keeps cooking up Korean cuisine
Workers assemble the ingredients for spicy beef and vegetable soup pouch at the Chang Tuh facility on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In an industrial area in northeast Salem, workers were busy turning slices of beef, chili powder,…
Malheur Enterprise sues Ontario School Board for records leading to censures
ONTARIO – The Malheur Enterprise is suing the Ontario School Board over its repeated refusal to release documents relating to the censures of Vice Board Chair Eric Evans and former member Derrick Draper. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the…
Salem-Keizer cancels summer programs Monday due to heat
Giovanni Fajardo Perez, a student in Crystal Magee’s kindergarten and first grade classroom, uses colored pencils on the first day back to school at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem-Keizer School District has canceled all…
How to protect your pets during the heat wave
Golden Retriever puppies in Salem (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Dr. Leanne Eggert of Creekside Veterinary clinic provides some tips on how to keep your pets and animals safe during extreme heat. • Animals in the heat will drink a lot, so…
Salem Saturday Market to close at 1 p.m. due to heat wave
Customers browse at the Salem Saturday Market on opening day, March 6, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The Salem Saturday Market will close early on Saturday in an effort to spare vendors and customers the worst of the triple-digit temperatures expected.…
Salem’s electric utilities say they’re prepared for heat wave
A lineman for Salem Electric works to repair power lines damaged by a weekend ice storm on Feb. 15, 2021. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) It’s always good to be prepared for a power outage, but Salem-area electric utilities said they don’t…
Air conditioners sold out in Salem area ahead of heat wave
If you haven’t already purchased a portable air conditioning unit to get some relief from this weekend’s 100 degree plus heat wave you are out of luck. According to retailers in the Salem-Keizer region, there are no units to be…
Salem-area vaccine clinics will go on as scheduled despite heat wave
Tom McLeod, an EMT with Metro West Ambulance, readies a second dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Centennial Park in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Scheduled outdoor vaccination clinics…
Marion County burn ban starts Friday
Marion County has issued a burn ban that will be in effect starting Friday at 7 a.m. The ban prohibits backyard burning, agricultural burning and other types of debris burns. It doesn’t prohibit small campfires or barbecues. However, there may…