By Salem Reporter
Family Building Blocks keeps auction lively with “Schitt’s Creek” theme
Family Building Blocks Executive Director Patrice Altenhofen dressed as Moira Rose for the 2021 “Uncorked Live” fundraiser (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) For the second year in a row, Family Building Blocks (FBB) held its popular fundraiser, Uncorked Live,…
Marion County grand jury indicted Woodburn man for murder, clears officers for shooting at him
Marion County Sheriff’s Office (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A Marion County grand jury on Thursday indicted Kenneth William Peden III on charges of killing a teen and found two Silverton police officers and a Marion County sheriff’s deputy were justified in…
Salem Health will scale down mass vaccination sites, distribute Covid vaccine to clinics and smaller events
People wait in line under a tent for the COVID-19 vaccine clinic during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Health will shrink the size of its mass vaccination clinic…
Willamette Humane Society receives grant to continue saving animals
Rapunzel, a three-year-old domestic shorthair, awaits adoption at the Willamette Humane Society, which is allowing adoptions by appointment only. (Courtesy/Willamette Humane Society) The Willamette Humane Society received a $22,000 grant from nonprofit Petco Love to continue saving animals in Marion…
Employment Department will bring back job-seeking requirements for laid-off Oregonians
Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In another sign the pandemic is waning, the Oregon Employment Department announced a shift in requirements for people receiving unemployment benefits: they’ll have to start actively looking for work. David Gerstenfeld, the department’s acting…
LOCAL HISTORY: Explore Salem’s past during Historic Preservation Month
The Oregon State Capitol, photographed sometime between 1939 and 1947, with Willamette University campus (Ben Maxwell collection/Salem Public Library) Editor’s note: This column is part of a regular feature from Salem Reporter to highlight local history in collaboration with area…
State economic forecast predicts higher incomes, tax revenues and a recovered labor market
Oregonians have more money than before the pandemic and the state’s labor market will return to full health over the next two years. Those are two takeaways from the quarterly economic revenue forecast released Tuesday. According to the forecast, Oregonians’…
Bill seeks to protect Oregon workers from employer retaliation
Oregon Legislature. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Speaking before a legislative committee earlier this month, Juliana Valencia told lawmakers how the temperatures rose to 100 degrees while she and other farmworkers labored in hazelnut orchard in August last year. Valencia, speaking in…
Teenager who was allegedly kidnapped in Gervais died Wednesday, police said
A teenager who was allegedly kidnapped last week died at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Wednesday, Oregon State Police said. Police haven’t said what injuries led to their death or if they were shot during a gun battle between police and the…
Fewer than 1,000 votes separate some school board candidates. Marion County has 12,000 ballots left to count
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County voters returned thousands of ballots during the final hours of Election Day, and the county now has about 12,000 ballots remaining to be counted, Clerk Bill Burgess said. Burgess initially estimated Tuesday night about 5,000…