By Salem Reporter
After pushback, Oregon resumes disclosing information about Covid deaths
Oregon Health Authority director Pat Allen and lead epidemiologist Dean Sidelinger talk with Gov. Kate Brown’s office via phone call on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday resumed publishing information about individual deaths with…
Oregonians impacted by 2020 wildfires can apply for free well testing
A sprinkler waters a field amidst wildfire smoke in Aumsville on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Nearly 2,000 families impacted by last year’s wildfires can get free well testing for contaminants. In October, the Legislature allocated money for…
Extended unemployment benefits will be cut, but the state will extend another lifeline to those out of work
Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Out-of-work Oregonians will receive fewer weeks of additional benefits because of a dip in the state’s unemployment rate. Last week the U.S. Department of Labor notified the Oregon Employment Department that after Feb. 20…
A trailer stolen in the middle of the night upends school’s expansion plan
Kaleidoscope Community School Director Molly Brown (left) and Ashley Acers, the school’s owner, stand outside of a yurt assembled at the school. The school had ordered four yurts to help it expand. But thieves had other plans. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter)…
Need health insurance? Special enrollment period coming up
OregonHealthCare.gov is the state’s online health insurance marketplace. (Screen grab) Oregonians looking for health insurance will have the chance to get it during a special enrollment period that opens later this month. The Biden administration announced that from Feb. 15…
Salem man told police he set fire to city truck after cleaning meth pipe
A city of Salem car burned after a Salem man allegedly set fire to the front seat using hand sanitizer. (Courtesy/Greg Walsh) A Salem man has been accused of setting two city vehicles on fire by pouring hand sanitizer out…
Second dose Covid vaccines available at Salem fairgrounds this week
Syringes of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Health’s Covid vaccine clinic at the state fairgrounds in Salem will be open this week for people…
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Special project with documentary partner coming to Salem Reporter
A roadside memorial for Alexandra Tereshka is along Oregon Highway 22, where she died in 2018. (Kate McMahon/Independent Lens (PBS) Oregon this week takes the first step toward diverting more drug abusers from jail to clinics. Is the state’s treatment…
Covid rules are now loosened. Here’s what that means for Salem
Bill Porter, of Salem, wears a face shield while working out at Epic Fitness on Thursday, July 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) After two months of increased Covid restrictions, residents of Marion and Polk counties are now allowed to go to…
Marion County to get fewer doses as Oregon tries to equalize Covid vaccination rates
Syringes of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County will receive 3,225 fewer Covid vaccine doses next week as the Oregon Health Authority tries to…