By Salem Reporter
One boy injured in shooting at Salem Center mall Friday, police say
Police vehicles along Chemeketa Street Northeast in downtown Salem Friday, March 18 as officers respond to a shots fired call. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Amirah Montaner was sitting at a table inside the Salem Center mall and talking on the phone…
Witnesses describe shooting at Salem Center mall as police clear area
Police vehicles along Chemeketa Street Northeast in downtown Salem Friday, March 18 as officers respond to a shots fired call. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) UPDATE: The shelter in place downtown is lifted as the incident has been contained, according to an…
Salem weekly Covid report for March 18: cases, hospitalizations continue falling
Salem Health’s laboratory site on State Street on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The number of cases and Covid hospitalizations are continuing to fall. Here’s our report for March 18, 2022. HOSPITAL CAPACITY Salem Hospital and the mid-Willamette…
Sustainers honored at Family Building Blocks event
Marlene Arellano, Family Link Referral Coordinator for FBB, works at Family Building Blocks Sustainer Happy Hour. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) In the nonprofit world, sustainers are those generous donors who pledge monthly. Even a small, regular contribution helps…
Dallas man found guilty of robbing west Salem Plaid Pantry
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Polk County judge Thursday sentenced a Dallas man to seven and a half years in state prison after a jury found him guilty of robbing a west Salem Plaid Pantry in December, the Polk County District…
UPDATED: Trucker convoy gathers at Oregon Capitol
Protestors with the Occupy Oregon Convoy gather at the Oregon State Capitol Friday, March 18 (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Over 100 people gathered outside the Oregon State Capitol Friday afternoon as part of the Occupy Oregon Convoy, a protest against Covid-related…
Skyrocketing food prices are pinching budgets of Oregon individuals and agencies
Food service workers prepare wrapped turkey dogs to serve in Salem-Keizer elementary schools in 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Oregonians and some state agencies are grappling with soaring food costs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, retail food prices…
COLUMN: Get to know local birds – the bushtit and wrentit
A wrentit in flight (Harry Fuller/Special to Salem Reporter) Recently an interested observer emailed me a question about two small birds found here in the Willamette Valley. Their names make it sound like they are related. Her question: What is difference between…
Salem-based Clearwater Irrigation Supply sells to Orchard & Vineyard Supply
Orchard & Vineyard Supply on March 2 bought Salem-based Clearwater Irrigation Supply, an agricultural irrigation company that has served the Willamette Valley since 2015. The Salem operation will remain open and retain all current employees, said Kevin Kern, ecommerce developer…
Salem man charged in state’s largest “ghost gun” manufacturing workshop, feds say
Firearms seized by federal authorities (Courtesy Attorney’s Office District of Oregon) A federal grand jury indicted a Salem man Thursday on charges alleging he sold fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and illegally manufactured guns out of his home, according to…