By Salem Reporter
Oregon State Police identify victim of Monday shooting
Oregon State Police are investigating a shooting that happened near Interstate 5 at Northeast Market Street. (Courtesy/ Nicholas Kline) Oregon State Police have identified the victim of a Monday afternoon shooting at Northeast Market Street as 28-year-old Jerry Regis, of…
COLUMN: Diversity of birds’ beaks reflects wide array of uses
An acorn woodpecker (Courtesy/Albert Ryckman) Every bird has one. But there the uniformity ends. A bird’s beak shall grow to resemble those of the bird’s parents. A young cowbird, raised by two hustling song sparrows, will still grow a cowbird’s…
Ranae Quiring named principal of McKay High School
Ranae Quiring, assistant principal at McKay High School, explains a board the school used to visualize schedules while planning classes on Thursday, September 3, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s largest high school will have a new leader starting next month.…
Salem nonprofit will preserve hundreds of rare WWII interviews with help of state grant
Terry Scott (left), the executive director of the B-17 Alliance Foundation, with a group of veterans at Salem’s KMUZ radio station. (Courtesy/Terry Scott) When your business has a B-17 Flying Fortress, a hulking WWII-era aircraft, mounted in your parking lot,…
OSP investigating shooting on Market Street
Oregon State Police are investigating a shooting that happened near Interstate 5 at Northeast Market Street. (Courtesy/ Nicholas Kline) Police are searching for a man suspected in a shooting that happened at Northeast Market Street near Interstate 5 Monday afternoon.…
Fire officials remind Oregonians not to accidentally start wildfires as legal firework sales begin
The fireworks on the Fourth of July in 2019. (Ron Cooper/Special to Salem Reporter) As Oregon faces down a heat wave and firework sales begin across the state Wednesday, fire officials are reminding the public to exercise caution and avoid…
About half of employees, 87% of residents vaccinated at mid-Willamette long-term care facilities
A map from a June 21, 2021 Oregon Health Authority report shows employees and resident vaccination rates by region at Oregon long-term care facilities. Just 54% of employees at long-term care facilities in the mid-Willamette Valley are fully vaccinated against…
After a difficult year, Capitol Cryo welcomes Salem back into the cold
The owners and staff of Capitol Cryo stand next to Salem’s only cryo tank, which exposes users to temperatures well below zero for its purported health benefits. From left, co-owners Lynn Rouse and Tanah Lines, Assistant Manager Elisabeth Jones and…
Longtime Salem police lieutenant named chief of police in Sisters
Lt. Jason Van Meter, left, has accepted a new job as police chief of the Black Butte Ranch Police Department after 17 years with Salem police. (Courtesy/ Salem Police Department) One of Salem’s police lieutenants is leaving the city after…
Art Pour Les Enfants: Local fine art auction shows off local talent
Jules Hirschkorn and his oil on canvas abstract auctioned Thursday, June 17, at an event for the Boys and Girls Club of Salem Marion and Polk Counties.(Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) Art is a form of expression encouraged at…