By Salem Reporter
PHOTOS: Hoops actions fills Salem streets for 23rd year
Competitors play at Hoopla 2022 in Salem (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Thousands of basketball lovers descended on Salem this weekend, competing in the annual Hoopla tournament. Competitors play at Hoopla 2022 in Salem (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) The…
Salem man killed in single-vehicle crash on Highway 226
Police arrested a Keizer woman after her passenger was ejected from the vehicle and died as a result of a single-car crash Saturday night in Linn County. Oksana Titarenko, 24, was traveling southbound on Highway 226 near milepost 21 when…
As fire season begins, new rules protecting workers from heat, smoke are challenged
(Yadira Lopez/Malheur Enterprise) With temperatures rising and fire season officially declared, advocates are visiting farms and job sites in Oregon, educating workers about new state rules to protect them from extreme heat and wildfire smoke. Oregon’s 86,000 farmworkers face among the…
West Salem students take gold in medical, robotics competitions
West Salem High School’s winning EMT team at from the 2022 SkillsUSA national competition, from left: Natalie Stauffer, Madison Wilch, Lt. Jennifer Stanislaw, Advisor, Alexis Williams (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District) Local students are shining a little brighter this summer after taking…
COLUMN: Recapping two years of economic turmoil in Salem
Overall employment trends for the Salem area since the pandemic began (Pamela Ferrara/Special to Salem Reporter) Describing what’s been going on in the economy over the last two years calls up adjectives like “stunning,” “astonishing,” “unprecedented,” and “once in a…
Invasive plant spraying along the Willamette to continue next week
The city of Salem is treating the Willamette Slough for an invasive water plant and is advising people to steer clear of the slough July 18-22. (Courtesy/city of Salem) The city of Salem is asking residents to use caution around…
After months as refugees, Salem family to return home to Ukraine
The Johnson family and residents living at their homes for children and adults with disabilities in Ukraine. (Courtesy/Johnson Family) When Jed Johnson went home to Ukraine for the first time as a refugee, it dawned on him that it might…
Covid report for July 15: Local hospitalizations flat, Polk County cases rise
Empty beds in the hallway of the emergency room at Salem Hospital. The hospital has seen a steady number of Covid inpatients in recent weeks (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of Covid cases and hospitalizations in the Salem area has…
Woodburn mayor, state House candidate report sexual contact at massage parlor
The Woodburn Spa, seen on July 11, 2022, is at the center of a police investigation that included two local elected officials. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Editor’s note: Normally, the Capital Chronicle normally does not name sexual abuse or assault…
Movies in the Park returns Saturday, first in over two years
The Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater is lit for the first time on July 27, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salemites this summer can watch movies on a 24-foot screen from a seat in the grass at Riverfront Park. Movies…