By Salem Reporter
PHOTOS: West Salem residents pack hall to discuss bridge
Salem City Councilor Jim Lewis addresses the West Salem Neighborhood Association on Monday, Feb. 18, regarding transportation issues. (Salem Reporter/Les Zaitz) Bob Cortright addresses the West Salem Neighborhood Association on Monday, Feb. 18, regarding transportation issues. (Salem Reporter/Les Zaitz) Rick…
Kids steal the show in Salem public hearing on cap and trade
Dozens sign up to give testimony during a public hearing on cap and trade legislation. Overall, about 75 people testified Monday. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) SALEM — About 75 people answered the legislative Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction’s call for comments Monday,…
ON THE BEAT: Salem schools draw passion, and my job is to chronicle that
I was planning to work late on Tuesday. I wasn’t quite planning to finish nearly 12 hours of reporting by filing a story just after 11 p.m. This week saw the Salem-Keizer School Board approve a plan that had been…
GOP firebrand crashes Oregon’s polite politics
Jonathan Lockwood, spokesman for three Oregon legislators in this undated photo that he provided. Grayson Dempsey was at a Girl Scouts camp in the Columbia River Gorge with her 8-year-old daughter in August when her phone started buzzing. Social media…
Legislators to hear from the public on cap and trade proposal
Last week, hundreds of Oregonians came to the Capitol to support cap and trade legislation, moving through the committee process. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Oregon’s proposed cap and trade system will change the state’s economy, providing lucrative opportunities to…
Oregon cell phone users face tax for rural internet
SALEM — Oregonians could see their cell phone bills go up to raise money for expanding rural high-speed internet. Legislators are considering a surcharge on wireless calls to raise $10 million a year that utilities could use for internet projects…
State proposes near-record fine for union-backed group’s foul-up with voter ballots
Defend Oregon, a union-backed political action committee supporting progressive ballot measures is facing the second largest election penalty in state history for failing to deliver 97 ballots it collected from Multnomah County voters on Election Day last fall. The state…
With vote Tuesday, Salem-Keizer School Board likely to shuffle students to new schools
Months of work to outline new attendance boundaries for Salem area schools is expected to to an end Tuesday night as the Salem-Keizer School Board considers approving a plan that will touch thousands of students. Board members Kathy Goss, Sheronne…
Oregon senator draws rebukes from all sides, stands firm
Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls, on the left. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) SALEM – State Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls, finds himself alone on a political island this week after being publicly rebuked by fellow legislators for an inflammatory statement about…
PHOTO GALLERY: West Salem Jazz Festival
Students from North Albany Middle School perform on Saturday, Feb. 9. Hundreds of musicians took part in the seventh annual West Salem Jazz Festival at West Salem High School on Saturday, Feb. 9. Students from middle schools and high schools…