By Salem Reporter
In-person classes will be two days per week for most Salem-Keizer students under early outline for fall
Highland Elementary 2nd grade teacher Becky Montgomery works with a student during a computer math exercise Wednesday March 13, 2019. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) Most of Salem-Keizer’s 41,000 students would attend school inside a building only two days per…
After an early release, one former prisoner faces a world reshaped by the pandemic
Jessica Rogers-Hall was released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility as part of an effort to reduce prison populations in response to the Covid pandemic. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) Jessica Rogers-Hall didn’t believe she was getting out of prison. She remembered being…
Owner of embattled Salem salon files lawsuit against governor
Supporters cheer the opening on Tuesday, May 5, of Glamour Salon at 195 Liberty St. S.E. Owner Lindsey Graham said she opened in defiance of state restrictions to earn an income (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and state…
With program under scrutiny, school resource officer explains role in Salem-Keizer school system
Officer David Zavala explains his role as a school resource officer at McNary High School. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) School resource officers have become a focus point in Salem as hundreds of community leaders, teachers and citizens have called for the…
New data reveals how many Salem jobs were propped up by a federal program
People walk along Southeast Commercial Street during the first phase of Salem’s reopening on Friday, May 22. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem area employers said they’ve retained 36,874 employees by using a federal loan program intended to keep workers on the…
Sinatra prepares to lead YMCA into what he sees as a bright future
Tim Sinatra, right, incoming interim CEO of the Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties, and Sam Carroll, current CEO, stand outside of the new YMCA site in Salem on Wednesday, July 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Many people have a…
VIDEO: Why wear a face mask for Covid? Health expert explains
Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett puts on a face mask made by a neighbor on. (FILE – Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Virtually every person in Marion County is now required to wear a face mask or other covering when going indoors to…
Vinyl fans wait in line for hours to bid farewell to Salem’s Ranch Records
Keenan Foraker of Silverton left, browses through CDs at Ranch Records’ going out of business sale on Wednesday, July 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Kit and Lori Close planned to buy and sell records in downtown Salem for two more years.…
Salem Reporter editor gets top honor from national journalism society
Les Zaitz, editor of Salem Reporter and the Malheur Enterprise, has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists as a Fellow of the Society. (The Enterprise – Kezia Setyawan) Les Zaitz, editor and publisher of Salem Reporter and the…
Salem has to find a way to restore civility, to turn aside the meanness
Volunteers work to remove graffiti on a monument at the Capitol on Sunday, May 31. Protesters tagged the monuments and several locations at the Capitol during a demonstration in Salem on Saturday, May 30. (Joel Zack/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem…