By Salem Reporter
AGENDA: Salem-Keizer board will consider waiving state standardized tests
The Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday will consider a new charter contract for Optimum Learning Environments Charter School and vote on a district plan to skip standardized state tests for students this spring. AGENDA District administrators are asking the board…
AGENDA: Salem City Council to consider speed limit changes
The Salem City Council meets Monday evening to consider changing the speed limits on several streets, accepting a van donation for the senior center and a new project to replace an aging filter at the city’s water treatment plant. AGENDA…
Sprague seniors join storm cleanup effort at Pioneer Cemetery
Sprague High School students Ellie Horn, left, and Liam Sharp clean up ice storm debris at Pioneer Cemetery on April 10, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Thirteen Sprague High School seniors fanned out over Salem Pioneer Cemetery Saturday morning to clear…
Conflict resolution speaker coming to Salem April 14
Author, mediator and university professor Chad Ford will speak in Salem April 14 about transforming conflict with love. Ford is the author of “Dangerous Love: Transforming Fear and Conflict at Home, at Work, and in the World.” His work focuses…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: House passes bill to give more flexibility with hunting and fishing fees
Chris Brauhn and Kacie Gordon, of Salem, take a break from quarantining to fish for rainbow trout at Cascades Gateway Park. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon House passed a bill on Wednesday intended to lower fees on fishing and crabbing. …
Salem ahead of legislation that would make it easier to site emergency shelters
Tents line the boulevard next to The ARCHES Project in downtown, where homeless residents have congregated in recent weeks. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) The Oregon House earlier this week passed a bill that’s intended to make it easier for cities to…
Draw, garden or get a leg up at work with free Chemeketa workshops
A garden plot at Salem Community Sun Gardens on March 24, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) If you’ve been itching to change your workout routine, start a container garden or prep for a job interview, there’s a local class to help…
AROUND OREGON: Nyssa plays unlikely role in international counterfeiting conspiracy
Gene L. Thompson, 55, photographed with his son before his sentencing on a federal conspiracy charge. The photo was included in a pleading to a federal judge for leniency. NYSSA – A one-story home in Nyssa on a quiet city…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Budget rebalance sends extra cash to Salem and surrounding areas
Homeless shelter Salem Oregon (File/Salem Reporter) On Thursday, the Oregon Senate signed off the the rebalance of the state budget. Normally, a hum-drum legislative affair, this time, lawmakers have set aside additional money for some of the Salem area’s…
AROUND OREGON: World War II veteran and popular legislator Bill Markham dies at 98
Bill Markham (Courtesy/Markham family) Longtime businessman, state legislator and World War II veteran Bill Markham will be remembered as a man of service to his family and community. He died Monday at the age of 98. Markham served Douglas County…