By Salem Reporter
Salem resident builds website to track pace of PGE power restoration
A screenshot of Zachary Yamada’s power restoration tracker for the outages following the February 2021 ice storm. A Salem cybersecurity consultant has set up a website for Oregonians to track the pace of Portland General Electric’s power restoration efforts following…
Interstate 5 from Brooks to Canby closing Thursday night for PGE repairs
Interstate 5 will be closed for four hours on Feb. 18 starting at 11 p.m. for PGE to perform repairs. (Courtesy/ODOT) All lanes of Interstate 5 from Brooks to Canby will be closed from 11 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m.…
Following winter storms, Oregon Department of Justice taking price-gouging complaints
Ice-damaged trees in the Grant neighborhood of Salem on Saturday, Feb. 13. (Sam Skillern photo) In response to reports of hotels charging exorbitant prices to people left without electricity after snowstorms, Gov. Kate Brown has issued an executive order intended…
Salem-Keizer cancels school for Thursday, Feb. 18; district offices open
Salem-Keizer schools will be closed for the third day in a row on Feb. 18, though school meal pick-up will resume. All online classes and in-person activities are canceled as tens of thousands in the Salem area remain without power.…
As harvest season looms, agriculture and farmworker groups clash over Covid regulations
A farm worker in Malheur County. (Yadira Lopez/Malheur Enterprise) As Willamette Valley farmers and agricultural workers prepare for the 2021 season, a regulatory battle is playing out over state rules intended to reduce the risk of Covid spreading in farmworker…
Video shows train smashing into semi-truck at intersection of 12th and Center Street
Northeast Court Street and Center Street was closed for several hours in the morning on Feb. 16, 2021 after a train and semi-trailer crashed. (Courtesy/Rob Owen) A dash cam video published on YouTube shows how a semi-truck drove onto train…
PGE says 90% of Oregon customers will have power back by Friday night
A Salem Electric crewman works to repair a power line in west Salem on Sunday, Feb. 14. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Update, 4:50 p.m. – Portland General Electric said 90% of Oregon customers without power will be restored by Friday night,…
Salem-Keizer schools will resume grab-and-go meals Thursday
Bags are set up for school meal assembly at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center on Nov. 24 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Local schools will resume passing out meals to-go for students on Thursday after widespread power outages halted food distribution…
More than 48,000 in Marion and Polk counties remain without power
A scene in south Salem on Saturday, Feb. 13, as the ice storm eased. (Joni Brewer photo) There are more than 48,000 Portland General Electric customers and 40 Salem Electric customers still without power in Marion and Polk counties. On…
Help available for low-income Oregonians who’ve had to toss food because of storm
The state Department of Human Services (Courtesy/State of Oregon) Oregonians receiving nutritional benefits can apply to the Department of Human Services to replace food spoiled by the recent power outages. People receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits (also called “SNAP” or…