By Salem Reporter
Marion County Fair announces country, hip-hop headliners for 2022
Elizabeth Bettiga, of Aim High Livestock, walks her pig, Calypso back to its pen after receiving the Supreme Champion Female award at the Marion County Fair on Friday, July 9, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The 2022 Marion County Fair will…
Oregon leader will use her own refugee experience to guide changes in state programs
Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie is the new director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement. (Office of the Governor) Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie has lived through the missed opportunities when communications break down between state agencies and immigrants and refugees. The new director…
City urges watering to help curb spreading birch tree beetle infestation
A birch tree (City of Salem) As Salem sees hotter and drier weather, the city’s top tree expert says local birch trees are increasingly vulnerable to infestation. More birch trees in Salem are becoming infested with bronze birch borer, a…
Cast before the pandemic, actors take the stage in family drama “Independence”
The cast of “Independence,” Rebecca Rowland Hines, Yelena King, Bella Steele and Abby Jones. The show opens April 15 at Keizer Homegrown Theatre (Courtesy/Trill Performing Acts) The premise of “Independence,” an upcoming show opening at Keizer Homegrown Theatre, is so…
Man pleads guilty to unlawful use of a weapon nine months after clash outside Planned Parenthood
A screengrab from Salem resident Joe Smothers’ Facebook Live showing the July 14, 2021 clash outside Salem’s Planned Parenthood. A Woodburn man pleaded guilty last week to unlawful use of a weapon, stemming from a confrontation on July 13 outside…
Planned Parenthood leasing clinic space in Ontario
(Enterprise file) ONTARIO – Planned Parenthood is planning to open an Ontario clinic as one of its affiliates challenges a strict new abortion law in Idaho. Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, based in Portland, is leasing what had been the clinic…
Republicans running for Oregon governor defended the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. One was there
A screenshot of police body camera footage from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack allegedly shows Reed Christensen pushing past a police barricade, according to federal court documents. A panel of Oregon Republican candidates for governor, including one currently facing federal…
Salem’s March unemployment rates lowest since pandemic began
Salem’s unemployment rate in March was its lowest since the pandemic began, falling from 4% in February to 3.8%. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, which doesn’t include impacts from seasonal patterns, has been declining since May 2021 when it was…
Popular Word of Mouth Bistro announces closure as owners retire
Word of Mouth Bistro in central Salem. Owners Becky and Steve Mucha announced their retirement and the restaurant’s closure April 9. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Beloved Salem brunch spot Word of Mouth Bistro is closing – at least for now. Owners…
Weather should warm by end of week; south, west Salem report snow
Snowfall at Chinook Estates in the south Salem hills the morning of Wednesday, April 13 (Reader photo) Parts of Salem saw a dusting of snow Wednesday morning, while a few outlying areas at higher elevation got a half inch or…