By Salem Reporter
Northeast Oregon farms, food industries to buy water filters for those with contaminated wells
Guadalupe Martinez, of Boardman, says a reverse-osmosis filter installed under the sink doesn’t work properly, and the whole-house filter behind her has been broken for years. (Kathy Aney/Oregon Capital Chronicle) In response to the groundwater nitrate emergency in Morrow County,…
In Westfall, she tends gravesites and memories
Since 2007, LindaMae Nuessle has been organizing efforts to restore the heritage of the Westfall Cemetery. She sits on June 16 among tombstones for notable Westfall residents such as Jasper Westfall. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN) WESTFALL – Slender fingers release the…
Salem weekly Covid report for July 1: Local hospitalizations up, cases down slightly
The emergency room drop-off at Salem Hospital (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More people in the Salem area are being hospitalized with Covid, but local cases have decreased slightly over the last week. HOSPITAL CAPACITY The average number of Covid patients at…
Salem police to stop responding in-person to noise complaints, illegal camping in public
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police will no longer respond in person to complaints about noise or illegal camping in public spaces. Police Chief Trevor Womack said at a Monday City Council meeting that such complaints should now be submitted online…
Former Keizer city councilor Rich Walsh is new Democratic nominee in competitive Oregon Senate race
Rich Walsh, an attorney from Keizer, is the new Democratic nominee for the 11th Senate District. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) KEIZER – Sitting in a folding chair under a basketball hoop in a sticky middle school gym on Thursday night,…
Oregon’s new Treasury office is ready for the next disaster
When the Beachie Creek wildfire blanketed Salem in ash in the fall of 2020, the state’s financial servers felt the pain. At the Oregon State Treasury – then housed in one of the marble buildings on the Capitol Mall with…
Salem drivers with broken car equipment will now get a coupon, not a citation, from police
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem drivers who get pulled over with a busted tail light will now get a discount voucher to fix the problem in lieu of a ticket. The Salem Police Department announced this week officers will start issuing…
Deputies to seek out intoxicated boaters July 4 weekend, marine officers say
Polk County marine patrol deputies on the Willamette River (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marine officers will be looking for impaired boaters over the holiday weekend to enforce Oregon’s boating under the influence of intoxicants law. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and…
State fails to enact majority of recommendations aimed to stem opioid misuse, audit says
(Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) As a deadly drug epidemic continues to rage in Oregon, state officials have only made a few changes recommended by the Secretary of State’s Office nearly four years ago to curb opioid misuse. That was the overarching finding…
Salem man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug trafficking
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A U.S. district court judge Thursday sentenced a Salem man to 12 and a half years in federal prison on drug trafficking charges. Chase Benjamin Russell-Brown, 31, was also sentenced to four years of supervised release. Salem…