By Salem Reporter
Salem’s police chief to speak at Salem City Club
Trevor Womack and his wife, Christina. (Courtesy/ Trevor Womack) On Friday, Salem’s new police chief Trevor Womack will speak to the Salem City Club. Womack joined the Salem Police Department in December from Stockton, California. He replaced longtime chief Jerry…
Safeway, Albertsons pharmacies in Oregon will have Johnson & Johnson vaccines starting March 4
Avi Singh draws up a dose of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Pharmacies in the Salem area will have more Covid vaccine appointments available starting…
Oregon’s child welfare director sees reforms taking hold
Rebecca Jones Gaston, director of the state Child Welfare Division. (Contributed photo) Rebecca Jones Gaston stepped into one of the state’s biggest crises in 2019, taking over the Oregon agency charged with safeguarding children. Nearly 18 months later, Jones Gaston…
Woodburn Ambulance will begin second Covid vaccine doses March 11
Judy Tedrow, 78, receives her first dose of the Moderna Covid vaccine at Salem Health’s Woodburn clinic on Thursday, Feb. 11 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) This article has been updated with a sign-up link. Woodburn Ambulance will begin offering second doses…
PHOTOS: In Salem, a second “first day of school” as in-person classes resume
A student follows one-way arrows to get to her desk at Richmond Elementary on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More than 2,000 Salem and Keizer kids met their teachers face-to-face for the first time in nearly a year as…
Help available for Oregon businesses and commercial landlords
Downtown Salem. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Small businesses and commercial landlords impacted by the pandemic can apply next week to a program to cover outstanding lease payments. The $100 million program will be administered by Business Oregon, the state’s…
Oregon will distribute Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines to adult foster homes
Syringes of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon is scheduled to receive 34,000 doses of a third, recently approved Covid vaccine this week, bolstering the…
The pandemic exposed shortcomings in Oregon’s labor laws. A bill would let workers take matters into their own hands
A farm worker toils in a field. (Yadira Lopez/Malheur Enterprise) Beatriz Tapia, a farmworker from Woodburn, phoned into a legislative committee hearing last week to tell lawmakers a story about unsanitary bathrooms, losing her job and how a state agency…
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners to consider liquor licenses, contract amendment
Colm Willis, Marion County commissioner talks with Commissioner Sam Brentano on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider liquor licenses for two wineries, reappoint members of a committee and amend a…
Pioneer Cemetery surveying damage to grave markers, historic trees following ice storm
An oak tree rests against a tombstone at Salem’s Pioneer Cemetery on Feb. 26, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Downed trees and branches along with toppled and rotated tombstones dramatically dominate the southern portion of what normally is the bucolic Salem…