By Salem Reporter
Pick up a Gerry Frank memento at estate sale starting Friday
Gerry Frank celebrates his 96th birthday with friends – and chocolate cake – in an event at the Oregon Historical Society (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) Oregon keepsakes and travel mementos from the estate of the late Gerry Frank…
Salem trade show returns Saturday, first since 2015
Event flier (Courtesy/ShowBiz Salem) Salem residents can get acquainted with dozens of local businesses and nonprofits while enjoying live music when ShowBiz Salem returns Saturday from a seven-year hiatus. The tradeshow and job fair will be at the Oregon State…
Clackamas fuel company hit with state and federal fines for 2020 oil spill into North Santiam River
The overturned Space Age Fuel truck on Highway 22, February 16, 2020. (Oregon State Police) The company whose fuel truck overturned on Highway 22 two years ago, spilling gasoline and diesel into the North Santiam River, has been penalized by…
Salem teens invite visitors to “take what you need” from library
Sonja Somerville, the Salem Public Library’s teen librarian, restocks the “Take What You Need” wall in the library’s ground floor women’s bathroom on Tuesday, May 24 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For parents of young children, being stuck in public without a…
Sprague graduates to celebrate with Saturday car parade
Sprague High School 2022 graduated will be honored during a car parade Saturday, June 4 (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Sprague High School families and supporters will gather Saturday to cheer on the Class of 2022. The south Salem high school is…
Man convicted of murder, sentenced to life in fatal road rage incident
A Marion County circuit judge on Wednesday sentenced Manuel Elisha North, 48, to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of murdering Herman Graham III in October 2020. North hurled racist slurs at Graham, a Black man, and…
Oregon Secretary of State looking for translators for election information
(Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is looking for Oregonians who can help translate the state-issued Voters’ Pamphlet into 12 languages. A 2021 law requires that the pamphlet, which includes biographical and endorsement information provided by candidates and…
First amphitheater concert planned Friday following Salem Art Walk
The Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater is lit for the first time on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem’s new amphitheater in Riverfront Park will host its first concert Friday following the monthly Salem Art Walk. The…
OHSU researcher leads creation of a Portland-based research center on gun violence
Investigators from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office process the scene of a shooting in southeast Salem in March 2021 (Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) A center on gun violence is in the making in Oregon. A researcher at Oregon Health &…
Local Starbucks workers to vote on forming union, first in Salem
Starbucks at 3904 Commercial St. S.E. in Salem on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Workers at a southeast Salem Starbucks may soon be the first in the city to unionize. In a letter published Thursday, workers for the…