By Salem Reporter
Salem Health taking community investment grant applications starting Monday
Salem Health’s laboratory site on State Street on Jan. 12. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Health is now taking applications for grants intended to address community needs in Marion and Polk counties in the fiscal year 2022-23. The awards provide one…
Salem’s mayoral candidates agree on key issues during debate
Mayoral candidates Chane Griggs, left, and Chris Hoy speak at a debate during a Salem City Club meeting on Friday, April 1. (Screenshot) Salem’s two mayoral candidates largely saw eye to eye on the city’s most urgent issues in a…
South Salem power outage causes early dismissal at Schirle Elementary
Schirle Elementary School students are heading home early Monday because of a prolonged power outage affecting about 170 homes and businesses in the Sunnyslope area. Portland General Electric said the power in the area went out around 9:20 Monday morning.…
Mental health, delayed care pose issues for local hospitals, federal health official says
Ingrid Ulrey, left, Region 10 Director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks at Salem Hospital on March 31, 2022 with Leah Mitchell, right, Salem Health’s executive vice president of operations (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Delayed health care,…
State parks ranger helps Just Walk Salem Keizer get back in motion
Ranger John Graham of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department gives an animated discourse on the history of the Capitol and grounds during a walking event on Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Jennifer Carley) Salem walkers got history with personality on…
Bentz raises alarm about cartels as House votes to decriminalize marijuana
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, speaks at a recent Ontario Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) The U.S. House passed legislation Friday to legalize marijuana nationally, but its future is much less clear in the Senate. The House voted…
Salem weekly Covid report for April 1: Hospitalizations hit pandemic lowpoint
Used masks fill a garbage can at Salem Hospital on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Covid cases have remained roughly flat in Oregon and in the Salem area, while hospitalizations continue to fall. Here’s our report for April…
Pedestrian killed in east Salem crash Thursday, deputies say
Marion County deputies respond to a crash Thursday on Cordon Road they say killed a pedestrian. (Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) Deputies say a driver hit and killed a pedestrian in unincorporated east Salem Thursday. A 911 caller just before midnight…
City to start excavation at historic sites of former Indian Mission Manual Labor School
An etching of the former Oregon Indian Mission Manual Labor School. It later became the Oregon Institute for children of settlers and was eventually served the first campus of Willamette University. (Courtesy/City of Salem) The city of Salem will start…
COLUMN: Salem’s Qing Ming celebration returns to honor local Chinese history
Salem residents celebrate Qing Ming on April 3, 2021 at Pioneer Cemetery (Courtesy photo) In 2017, as part of an effort to better understand the history of some of Salem’s underrepresented communities, the City of Salem’s Historic Landmarks Commission decided…