By Salem Reporter
LOCAL HISTORY: The roadside farm and floral shop that became a tourist attraction
The former Eola Acres Floral Shop today (Photo by Sara Belousek) If you drive Highway 22 from Salem to Independence you pass two very interesting older buildings on the north side of the highway. The Eola Acres Floral Shop was…
Public defense leaders ask Oregon’s attorney general to withdraw Clarkson endorsement
A copy of a mailer promoting the re-election of Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson. (Courtesy/Virginia Norblad) This story was updated at 8:50 p.m. Thursday after Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum provided a statement. Eight leading public defenders from across the…
Learn about one of Oregon’s first Black residents at Sunday lecture
The Oregon Black Pioneers memorial at Pioneer Cemetery in Salem (Courtesy/Friends of Pioneer Cemetery) Salem residents this Sunday can learn about the life of Hiram Gorman, one of the city’s first Black residents, and how he and other Black Oregonians…
City seeks help Saturday to prepare Pioneer Cemetery for Memorial Day
A historic tombstone at the Salem Pioneer Cemetery (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Volunteers are needed to help spruce up Salem’s Pioneer Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day. The city of Salem is hosting a work party Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12…
Young performers bring on a rainbow of fun
The cast of “The Rainbow Fish Musical” in rehearsal. (Courtesy/Enlightened Theatrics) An enthusiastic cast of local elementary and middle school performers will be featured this weekend in “The Rainbow Fish Musical,” a new production presented by Enlightened Theatrics in collaboration…
Rally in support of trans kids planned Friday at Oregon Capitol
Counterprotestors rally in support of transgender students outside the Salem-Keizer School District Student Services Support Center on Monday, April 11, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Basic Rights Oregon, an LGBTQ advocacy group, is planning a rally in support of transgender kids…
COLUMN: A backyard chickadee photoshoot
A chickadee spotted in Salem on May 4, 2022 (Harry Fuller/Special to Salem Reporter) I have an unwritten rule connected with my bird obsession. Never leave the house without a camera in my pocket. Now I have finally written it down. Here’s…
Oregon adopting rules to protect workers from excessive heat and wildfire smoke
(Oregon State University) New rules going into effect in Oregon in June and July are expected to protect tens of thousands of workers from illness and death when temperatures soar past 80 or when the air becomes clogged with wildfire…
Salem teacher union wants input from parents
Salem-Keizer Education Association members rally at the Oregon Capitol in support of increased school funding in February 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Teachers in the Salem-Keizer School District want to get input from parents as their union begins plans for bargaining…
Annual S.T.E.A.M.’d Up for Kids returns to Powerland Saturday
(Courtesy/Powerland Heritage Park) Salem kids will get to drive a heritage tractor, take a wagon ride or make rope at Powerland Heritage Park this Saturday. The annual S.T.E.A.M.’d Up for Kids event brings hands-on activities “designed to stimulate the minds…