By Salem Reporter
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners consider federal funds for navigation center, other projects
The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider approving federal pandemic relief funding, including for a long-awaited navigation center in Salem. AGENDA Commissioners will consider designating Juneteenth, a federal and state holiday traditionally celebrated June 19 as the…
Dr. Jesse Peters named WOU’s next president
Dr. Jesse Peters was announced in late May as Western Oregon University’s next president (Courtesy/Western Oregon University) Dr. Jesse Peters, the dean of a small public liberal arts college in Colorado, will be Western Oregon University’s next president. The college’s…
“Suspicious” package arrives at state corrections department headquarters in Salem
An Oregon State Police car (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) The state Department of Corrections headquarters building in Salem received a “suspicious” package Tuesday morning addressed to Director Colette Peters, according to the agency. The package arrived at the building around 8:36. a.m.…
Straub band teacher honored for steering growth, supporting students beyond classroom
Jaimie Hall conducts an advanced band rehearsal at Straub Middle School on Wednesday, May 25. Hall was named the district’s 2022 music teacher of the year (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) West Salem High School is known for its decorated school band…
Oregon ag officials approve controversial Foster Farms chicken facility
Eric Simon expects to start construction on this property this summer to raise 3.4 million chickens a year for Foster Farms. (Kendra Kimbirauskas) The Oregon Department of Agriculture has approved a controversial industrial chicken farm in Linn County, provided it…
Service honors homeless people who died in Salem area
A memorial for homeless people who died in the Salem area in the past two years, held by the ARCHES Project at Marion Square Park on Thursday, May 26. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Homeless service providers with the Mid-Willamette Valley Community…
UPDATED: Lockdowns lifted at North, Parrish following reports of person with gun near campus
Families wait on the lawn in front of North Salem High School to pick up students around 3 p.m. Friday, May 27, just after a lockdown caused by a “suspicious person” was lifted (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) This story was updated…
Newsletter delivery from Salem Reporter disrupted
Newsletters containing the latest news sent out twice a day to readers by Salem Reporter have been disrupted by a technical issue at a vendor. These morning and evening newsletters contain some of our latest headlines. We know they are…
Salem weekly Covid report for May 27: Cases, hospitalizations still climbing
Covid hospitalizations in the mid-Willamette Valley have climbed steadily over the past week, but remain well below peaks during the omicron and delta waves. (Screenshot of Oregon Health Authority website on May 27, 2022) Covid cases remain on the rise…
Mass shootings elsewhere can cause anxiety, regression in children in Oregon
A lockdown alarm installed as part of renovations in a Salem middle school in 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The mass shootings in a Texas school and a New York state supermarket this month that killed 31 people, including 19 children,…