By Salem Reporter
Oregon again sees little movement on unemployment rate
Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon’s unemployment rate remained stuck at 5.9% in May, according to numbers released by the state Employment Department Tuesday. The state’s unemployment rate was the same in April and has hovered around 6% since…
Looking for a job in Salem? Drive-through job fair this Wednesday
Chemeketa Community College (File/Salem Reporter) The Salem area’s workforce development nonprofit and Chemeketa Community College are holding a drive-through job fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday at the college’s parking lot at 400 Lancaster Dr. N.E. The…
Mike Nearman has been expelled from the Legislature. Here’s what comes next
Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, at his desk on March 30, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The lights went out quickly in an office in the Oregon Legislature. After a historic Thursday night vote, state Rep, Mike Nearman, R-Independence, was expelled…
Make Music Day returns to Salem next week with in-person performances
People sit in the alley to watch a performance during Make Music Day Salem 2019. (Saphara Harrell/ Salem Reporter) More than 100 musical groups will perform around Salem next week for the annual Make Music Day event. Now in its…
Even with a pandemic, the Salem Elks lodge kept finding ways to give
The recently restored Povey Brothers Stained Glass window from the original Salem Elks lodge (Courtesy/Salem Elks) Contributions made to Salem Elks Lodge No. 336 during 2020 helped the Oregon Elks organization secure fifth place in the nation for total charitable…
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners meet to consider psychiatric services contracts
Colm Willis, Marion County commissioner, sits in on a video conference on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider several contracts for psychiatric services and to extend a contract for policing…
Salem-Keizer School Board to consider budget, approve election results
The Salem-Keizer School Board will vote on a $1.5 billion operating budget for the coming school year at a meeting Tuesday and approve the results of the May election where local voters selected four new school board members. View the…
Cherriots board will start paying monthly stipend to its members
An out of service bus at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. Cherriots service will resume on April 7. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Ian Davidson recalled when he realized that if his life were a little different he…
Work starts on Salem’s new Boys and Girls Club branch
Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett speaks at the groundbreaking for a new Boys and Girls Club branch in northeast Salem on Thursday, June 10. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) About 70 people attended a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for what will become the eighth…
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust chips in funding for new Boys and Girls Club
This is an artist’s rendering of the new Lancaster Drive clubhouse for the local Boys and Girls Club. The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust announced that it has awarded $350,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk…