By Salem Reporter
Tanker crash blocks Northeast Commercial Street
A tanker truck rolled in a crash Tuesday morning in northeast Salem. Police said Northeast Commercial Street at the Salem Parkway would be closed until about 9:30 a.m. (Salem Police Department photo) The Salem Police Department warned motorists that a…
Chemeketa Community College eases speech rules following lawsuit
Chemeketa Community College on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Students at Chemeketa Community College can now more easily hold protests on campus after the college settled a lawsuit with a conservative legal group. Under the agreement, the college changed…
Oregon Congressman’s effort to dump one state’s presidential results rested on 10,000 votes never counted
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon. (FILE/The Enterprise) U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz met behind closed doors with his Republican colleagues in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 as President Trump implored Congress to overturn the presidential election. They huddled to consider the…
AROUND OREGON: Citizens Against Tyranny seeks to expose people who make OSHA complaints
State Sen. Dallas Heard, R-Winston, speaks at a rally in Roseburg in August. He is backing a group that seeks to expose those who complain that businesses are violating state Covid restrictions. (Mike Henneke/Roseburg News-Review) ROSEBURG – Two local women…
Salem teenager ranks sixth in the nation in Olympic weightlifting
Emma Dalke, 14, does a clean-and-jerk in the garage of her Salem home on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) On December 4, Emma Dalke put on a tunic, picked up her weights, and stepped in front of a camera…
Oregon’s only Republican in Congress opposes impeachment, expects Trump to be held ‘accountable’
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz ONTARIO – U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, the only Republican in Oregon’s Congressional delegation, said Saturday that he doesn’t think President Trump should resign or be impeached. He said he expects the president to be held accountable…
Video shows Rep. Mike Nearman letting demonstrators into Capitol in Salem
Capitol surveillance footage shows state Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, allowing demonstrators into the building. (Screengrab.) A video released Friday shows state Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, allowing a confrontational group of demonstrators into the state Capitol during a special session last…
BUSINESS ROUNDUP: Bigger unemployment checks, Detroit gets fiber, Salem challenged to eat, new Business Oregon director
A view from a drone on Tuesday, Sept. 22, shows the damage in downtown Detroit. Wildfire continues to burn across Detroit Lake. (Oregon Department of Transportation photo) There’s a lot going on in business. To help keep you up to…
With coronavirus measures in place, Willamette Art Center resumes classes
Roger Williams, director of the Willamette Art Center, straightens a pottery Covid totem, a class project of students at the center. The totem features heads wearing face masks while the virus orbits. The center starts classes on Monday. (Ron Cooper/Salem…
Rep. Mike Nearman let demonstrators in Capitol during tense protest, House speaker says
Protesters fed up with pandemic restriction gathered outside the Capitol as lawmakers met on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) State Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican legislator from Independence, allowed a confrontational group of demonstrators to enter the Capitol…