By Salem Reporter
Marion Polk Food Share seeks drivers during quarantine
A volunteer packs food boxes at the Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws food pantry in Grand Ronde. Marion Polk Food Share is continuing to provide its services, despite a huge increase in demand. The Food Share works to collect and distribute nutritious food…
Salem’s Grand Hotel, convention center cut staff in area’s biggest layoff since pandemic
Salem’s Grand Hotel and the Salem Convention Center eliminated more than 100 jobs as the economic crush of the global pandemic continues hitting Salem.(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus…
Unemployment claims continue their rise locally and across Oregon
The marquee on the front of Salem’s Historic Grand in downtown Salem on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Claims from Marion and Polk residents for unemployment benefits rose for the third straight week, tracking record-setting trends across Oregon. For…
As COVID-19 outbreak takes its economic toll, uncertainty sets in along with a desire to get back to work
A sign in the window of Bearded Oregon in downtown Salem on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Last Tuesday, with just four minutes until his 3 p.m. clock-out time, Karl Gressett heard words he didn’t expect to hear: “We…
PHOTOS: People pursue a sense of normalcy in Salem as officers get donated lunch
Monte Baker hands community service officer Jeremy Mitchell gets a wrap from Sparky’s Brewing Company Tuesday. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) Salem police officers were greeted with a free meal when they drove up to Sparky’s Brewing Company Tuesday afternoon. Throughout the…
Life adjusts in Salem as COVID-19 outbreak continues
Flowers, masks and health alerts were all part of the scene at Salem’s Saturday Market on April 4. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The opening day of Salem Saturday Market featured fewer vendors and customers and criticism for seeming to violate social…
Lawmakers blast Oregon Health Authority over rural hospitals in ‘freefall’
Saint Alphonus Medical Center in Ontario. NOTE: Story published by arrangement with The Lund Report. A month after Oregon’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed, state medical officials say the worst of the pandemic is still to come. Cases are expected…
PHOTOS: And in Keizer, teachers go on parade to track down their students
Gubser third grader Andre Dye chalked out the welcome mat for his teachers as they paraded by his house today. (Eric Howald/Keizertimes) The mood was buoyant in the parking lot of Gubser Elementary School as teachers prepared a parade for…
Oregon inmates sue over the Corrections Department’s handling of COVID-19 in prisons
Oregon State Penitentiary (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) A week after corrections officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary went home in mid March after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, David Hart, an inmate in A Block, became very ill. Hart, who suffers a respiratory condition…
Hospital workers saved his mom’s life after a stroke. Now he’s cheering them on.
Daniel Phillips showing his support for staff at Salem Hospital on April 7, 2020 (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) When Daniel Phillips’ mother was released from the local hospital after a stroke in February, he wanted to thank the people who saved…