Saphara Harrell - Salem Reporter
Glass artist uses her work to escape the stress of Covid
Salem glass artist Daryle Ryder. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Daryle Ryder’s two car garage is packed with handmade shelving containing jars and sheets of glass. Inside her studio, Ryder picked up her latest creation – glass flowers she attached to metal…
Keizer In-N-Out Burger is the latest workplace to report a Covid outbreak locally
An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] In-N-Out Burger is the latest Marion County…
Salem gets money from Legislature for increased water capacity
Treatment ponds at Geren Island which ultimately becomes drinking water for Salem residents. Water reaching this point will have already been treated with powdered-activated carbon. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Salem is getting $20 million in fresh state money to help the…
Video submissions will replace live performances at yearly cultural celebration
Staff from the Coquille tribe interacts with a Capitol visitor at their booth. Four tribes have chosen to participate in Multicultural Day Reimagined by providing videos to share at this year’s event. (Courtesy/Capitol History Gateway) In a different time, the…
Local health providers see low rates of Covid in Salem’s unsheltered population
Tent sites at Wallace Marine Park on Wednesday, May 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) One Salem population appears to be escaping a deep impact from coronavirus infections – people experiencing homelessness populating city parks. While Marion County remains on a state…
City officials revoke permit for church program in park – and say go ahead anyway
David and Amanda Vital of Salem Awakening 2020 at Riverfront Park on Thursday, August 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When churches closed in March under pandemic orders from Gov. Kate Brown, David and Amanda Vital felt like the world was hurting…
Long-term care facilities, agricultural workplaces continue to report new Covid outbreaks
Viviana Gourley, medical assistant at Salud Medical Center, waits between patients at the center’s COVID-19 testing area on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Long-term care facilities are continuing to drive case counts in Marion County, with two facilities reporting…
Salem high school fall sports season pushed to spring, state association announces
Gibson Hanowell, left, and Leo Elkington, right, warm up during a cross country practice in Bush’s Pasture Park in early August. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Cross country runners, soccer and volleyball players won’t start their season until March under new guidelines…
Crime Stoppers offer reward for pallet fire that caused millions in damage last year
Crews clean up a pallet fire in August 2019. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Nearly a year after a pallet company in northeast Salem burned down, the Salem Police Department is asking for help finding the arsonist. The department is offering a…
Salem begins work on climate action plan to help reduce future emissions
Englewood Park on a foggy morning. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) The City of Salem is beginning an 18-month process to develop a Climate Action Plan that’s intended to make the city more resilient to climate change in the decades to come.…