By Salem Reporter
Summer program grants available to help Oregon kids catch up
Jaxson Bidema tosses a ball to Kylie O’Dell while attending the Kroc Center’s daycare for the children of essential workers on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Summer camps and outdoor programs for kids in Salem will get a…
Salem venues hopeful that new federal program will keep them afloat
The Elsinore Theatre, in downtown Salem on Monday, Nov. 23. Because of the pandemic, the theatre remains quiet. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Loretta Miles, the owner of Salem Cinema, had high hopes for a new program aimed at struggling venues like…
Burn ban issued for Salem, Marion County through April 18
Smoke from wildfires in September 2020 creates an orange atmosphere in Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Don’t expect to pull out that fire pit this week. Salem and Marion County are issuing burn bans from Wednesday to Sunday, April 18 because…
Cherriots seeking feedback on south Salem transit center
An out of service bus at the Downtown Transit Center.(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Cherriots wants to get your thoughts on a new transit center in south Salem. The agency is moving forward with another transit center for the growing part of…
Salem for Refugees asks for volunteers to help with garden prep
Salem for Refugees is looking for volunteers Saturday, April 17 to help pull weeds, prep dirt and lay down sod. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the group needs help with the backyard at its welcome center at 1430 5th…
Salem-Keizer board chair apologizes, says board will recognize student journalist
Eddy Binford-Ross, a junior at South Salem High School, photographs the March for Floyd on Saturday, June 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem-Keizer School Board will recognize student journalist Eddy Binford-Ross at a Tuesday night meeting after initially delaying her…
Oregon pauses J&J vaccine as medical issue investigated
Reyna Lopez, executive director of PCUN, gets the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine live during a Marion County Commissioner meeting on April 7, 2021 (Screenshot from YouTube) The Oregon Health Authority has ordered vaccine providers across the state to stop…
Salem-Keizer plans for five days per week of in-person school in fall
A student follows one-way arrows to get to her desk at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Local schools will be back to a more normal year in the fall, with five full days per week of…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Bill would ban hate symbols in schools
Oregon House of Representatives. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) On Saturday, the Oregon House overwhelmingly passed a bill intended to keep hate symbols out of schools. THE ISSUE: Neo-Nazi symbols, nooses and the Confederate battle flag have been used to…
Salem needs more housing. But the building industry has its own problems
Pat Laverty works on a home build on Vine Maple Street Southeast on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) At a construction site in south Salem, the work gets more expensive by the day. As the buzz of electric…