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The list narrows to two candidates for Salem’s next police chief
Jerry Moore, Salem police chief (center) watchers proceedings at the March for Floyd on Saturday, June 6, at the Capitol.(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The city of Salem has selected two final candidates in its search to replace retiring Police Chief Jerry…
VOTE 2020: Danielle Bethell seeks restraint in county spending in bid for Marion County commission
Republican candidate Danielle Bethell is running for Marion County commissioner. (Courtesy/Danielle Bethell) Name: Danielle Bethell Age: 41 Home: Keizer Employer/position: Keizer Chamber of Commerce, executive director Years at current job: 4 Every time Danielle Bethell enters into a space, she takes on some kind of…
VOTE 2020: With a public sector background, Ashley Carson Cottingham wants to shift the county’s focus to the most vulnerable
Democrat Ashley Carson Cottingham is running for Marion County commissioner. (Courtesy/ Ashley Carson Cottingham) Name: Ashley Carson Cottingham Age: 41 Home: Salem Employer/position: state Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, deputy agency director. Years at current job: Six Ashley Carson Cottingham says people are at…
Concern about homelessness grows and many think Salem is headed in the wrong direction, survey shows
Tent sites at Wallace Marine Park on Wednesday, May 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A growing share of Salem residents consider homelessness the most-pressing issue facing the city, and most aren’t happy with how the city is serving the needs of…
Keizer police identify driver in fatal hit and run
Keizer Police have identified the driver who hit and killed a cyclist on Windsor Island Road Friday afternoon. Salem resident Robert Lindsey, 93, hit and killed 70-year-old Andrew Otho Polston and left the scene Friday afternoon, according to police. Police…
Wildfire victims face challenges finding housing in tight market
Smoke curls from fire still burning within view of the North Santiam River. The north side of the river was badly damaged by wildfires but large areas of the south side largely escaped. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Federal and local agencies…
Cherriots running nearly all routes following months of reduced service, but fewer than half of riders have returned
Caution tape closes off seats on a Cherriots bus to guide social distancing. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More than six months after Salem’s transit service started implementing safety precautions because of Covid and several bus drivers tested positive, Cherriots has re-opened…
Mother keeps daughter’s memory alive through road cleanups, memorials
A memorial off Salem Parkway for Trinity Watt, Madison Capobianco and Makayla Tryon who were killed by a drunk driver in June 2019. (Courtesy/ Tammy Watt) At the intersection of Salem Parkway and Cherry Avenue Northeast three wooden crosses sit…
Salem sets goals for walkable neighborhoods, zoning changes in long-range planning document
Jost Rist, left, of Salem, and Noah Grunberg, of Keizer, chat at Riverfront Park on Thursday, April 9. “It’s my first time out in two weeks, we’re all just trying to find some human connection,” said Grunberg. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)…
Woman who escaped Santiam Canyon fire in car trunk finally learns who saved her life
Kirril Lykov took a photo of his car while fires were burning in the Santiam Canyon. (Courtesy/ Kirril Lykov) Kirill Lykov is his name and he likely saved a life. Bonnie Sullivan had no clue who he was when she…