By Salem Reporter
AROUND OREGON: Fire managers face threats from the sky and on the ground
BAKER CITY – Noel Livingston and Joel McCraw ponder the coming fire season with not a small amount of dread. In this sense the pair shares something in common with people across Oregon, and indeed across the West, whose task…
Oregon business groups call for incentives to bring laid-off workers back into the workforce
A ‘now hiring’ sign outside of a Burger King on Lancaster Drive in Salem on Friday, May 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Faced with an ongoing labor shortage, business groups in Oregon are calling on state lawmakers to create an incentive…
Demonstrators intentionally let into Capitol by state Rep. Mike Nearman, report finds
Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, at his desk on March 30, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) State Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, “more likely than not” intentionally breached security protocols by allowing a group of demonstrators into the Capitol, impeding the ability of…
Salem elementary schools announce new principals for 2021-22
Eleven local elementary schools will have new leaders when students resume full-time in-person classes in the fall. The Salem-Keizer School District on Wednesday announced new principals for the 2021-22 school year. Several are being promoted or hired from other jobs,…
Salem wants to hear your thoughts on Union Street bikeway June 8
Cyclists cross the Union Street Railroad Bridge on Thursday, July 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem is holding a virtual open house where member of the public can comment on the Union Street Bikeway Project, which will add bike lanes to…
Free dental services offered Friday in Salem
Hunsaker Dental will be holding its 7th Annual Day of Free Dentistry at its Salem office on Friday, June 4. Anyone over the age of 18 can receive free cleanings, extractions or fillings. The event is the office’s way of…
Enchanted Forest opens Saturday
Taped arrows direct traffic at Enchanted Forest on Tuesday, October 27. The park was limited to 250 people at a time, including staff this last year. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Enchanted Forest has announced it’ll try again to open for…
State planning for Oregon schools to open full-time, in-person in fall
Lucas Gage arrives by bus for the first day of in-person kindergarten at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon public schools will open full-time, five days per week for students in the fall under a set…
Marion County among the highest in the state for back rent, new analysis shows
Patience and social distancing are two requirements for cashing in bottles and cans at Salem’s BottleDrop centers. Customers cash in at the center on Northeast Commercial Street on Friday, May 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County has the fifth-highest amount…
COLUMN: Fledgling season arrives as Salem birds nest, raise young
A Cassin’s vireo in a nest at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Dallas, Oregon (Courtesy/Tim Johnson) This is the season when many of our local birds are nesting and raising their young. Few species nest in winter, mostly large…