Saphara Harrell - Salem Reporter
Former Salem city councilor faced ethics complaint for failing to disclose potential conflict of interest
Salem City Council Chambers. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A former Salem city councilor was the subject of an ethics complaint after failing to disclose a potential conflict of interest during a Salem City Council meeting this summer. During a June meeting,…
After illustrious career with Salem police, Jerry Moore puts away his badge
Jerry Moore, Salem police chief, addresses protesters at the March for Floyd proceedings at the Capitol on Saturday, June 6. Moore was among the first speakers for an event that stretched on for hours. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) There’s a moment…
AGENDA: As city prepares for a close look at police practices, six key questions emerge
Salem’s Community Policing Performance Audit Steering Committee. The steering committee guiding an audit into the Salem Police Department is meeting Thursday afternoon to go over its goals and objectives, including six questions that will guide the work. The Salem City…
Marion County has spent more than $1 million on a hotel for Covid respite. Most of its rooms have sat empty
A sign directs patients at Salud Medical Center in Woodburn on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County is spending $7,328 per day on a motel program for people who have tested positive or been exposed to Covid but…
AGENDA: Salem Climate Action Plan task force holds first workshop Wednesday
Salem’s Climate Action Plan task force is holding its first workshop Wednesday, Nov. 17. Salem’s Climate Action Plan task force is meeting Wednesday morning for its first workshop to begin charting a 30-year course on how it will respond to…
Grand jury finds Salem officer justified in fatally shooting Salem man
Police at the scene of the shooting on Oct. 29. (Courtesy/Rob Owen) A Marion County Grand Jury Monday found that a Salem police officer who killed a Salem man following a pursuit in October was justified in using deadly force.…
AGENDA: Salem City Council to discuss short-term goals for the city
Salem city council chambers on Wednesday, September 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council will discuss future goals for housing, growth and economic development at a work session Monday night that will guide the city for the next three…
A Black man was killed in a bias crime in Salem, but prosecutors are quiet about details
A Salem police car. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Marion County grand jury on Thursday indicted Manuel Elisha North, 46, on murder and bias crime charges for the death of Herman Graham III, but Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson is…
Salem’s new police chief will focus on relationships and numbers
Trevor Womack and his wife, Christina. (Courtesy/ Trevor Womack) As Trevor Womack prepares to take over as Salem’s next police chief on Dec. 7, he said the first thing he’ll do is listen. Womack was hired to replace retiring Police…
City provides additional $1.2 million to find new shelter locations, add water to homeless camps
Salem installed portable bathrooms at Wallace Marine Park after closing the permanent restroom and shutting off the water to the drinking fountains because of concerns about virus spread. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council on Monday approved $1.2 million…