By Salem Reporter
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners consider hospital services for people in custody at county jail
The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider expanding sheriff’s office patrol in wildfire-affected areas of the Santiam Canyon and a contract that would provide hospital services for adults in custody at the Marion County Jail. AGENDA Commissioners…
State, county funds for navigation center to go before city council Monday
The future site of Salem’s navigation center, now a vacant building located at 1185 22nd St. S.E. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem may have a navigation center built by year’s end that would help move homeless people into permanent housing after…
AGENDA: School board to discuss concealed weapons ban
The Salem-Keizer School Board meets Tuesday to select a new chair and vice chairs for the upcoming year and discuss a policy that would prohibit concealed weapons in local schools. AGENDA Board members will hear a report from Superintendent Christy…
State offers money for fire-resistant rebuilds of wildfire destroyed structures
A home under construction along the Santiam River in Gates, Ore. on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Building Codes Division is partnering with eight counties, including Marion, to help rebuild businesses and homes destroyed during the…
Keith Stahley selected as Salem’s next city manager
The city announced Monday that the Salem City Council selected Keith Stahley to serve as Salem’s next city manager (Submitted photo) A longtime city government administrator in Olympia, Washington will be Salem’s next city manager. City councilors selected Keith Stahley…
Learn about restoration work, pollinators at Orchard Heights Park July 13
A bridge over high waters in Glenn Creek at Orchard Heights Park (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Visitors at Orchard Heights Park next Wednesday will have a chance to learn about conservation work city staff and others are doing to keep the…
AGENDA: Council considers new city flag, navigation center funds
Salem City Council chambers (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem city councilors on Monday will select a new city flag and green-light the renaming of Salem Parkway to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. AGENDA They will also accept $3 million from…
South Pole drama “Terra Nova” lands at Pentacle
Actors in the dress rehearsal for the Pentacle Theatre’s production of “Terra Nova,” opening July 8 (Courtesy/Pentacle Theatre) Friday night the lights will go up at the Pentacle Theater for “Terra Nova,” a play that has brought Scott Ramp home. …
Salem weekly Covid report for July 8: Local hospitalizations, cases flat
An isolation room for a Covid patient in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital on Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of Covid cases and hospitalizations in the Salem area has remained largely flat over the past…
LOCAL HISTORY: Almost 170 years ago, Marion County was a leader in reviving Oregon fairs
Oliver Standing, 2, of Forest Grove, leans in to pet a calf at the Marion County Fair in 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As the Marion County Fair runs this weekend, Salem Reporter asked Craig Smith of the Willamette Genealogical Society…