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Troopers find human skull on I-5 near Salem
State police responded after corrections crews found a backpack containing an adult woman's skull on the highway near milepost 260.
UPDATED: Salem police locate missing teen
Kaylee Lien Brooks, 17, went missing from her south Salem home shortly before 6 a.m. Thanksgiving and was last known to be in the Josephine County area, police said.
PHOTOS: Salem Reporter’s favorite photos of the year
Michael Chauran hugs Colton Lee, whose family owns the property that Chauran and his wife live on and that was burned in the fires, on Wednesday, September 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter staff put together a compilation of their…
PHOTOS: Preparing for the big one, Salem Public Library continues with renovations
New energy efficient and seismically resilient windows are replacing the old 1970s aluminum storefront windows. (Courtesy/City of Salem) The Salem Public Library is undergoing a seismic upgrade that’s set to be complete by next summer. The construction is intended to…
Send Salem Reporter your Covid questions. We’ll work to get answers from local experts
Salem students are preparing to head back to school online in just a few weeks. Gov. Kate Brown said last week she’ll consider closing bars and restaurants if Oregon’s Covid numbers don’t improve more quickly. Marion County health officials are…
QUICK READ: Low rates of Covid in Salem’s unsheltered, whiplash from school reopening rules
Tent sites at Wallace Marine Park on Wednesday, May 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Local health providers see low rates of Covid…
YOUR QUESTIONS: What share of people testing positive for Covid exhibit symptoms?
[ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic…
YOUR COVID QUESTIONS: You asked, we got experts to answer your Covid questions
Covid isn’t going anywhere and Salem Reporter set out to find answers to the community’s most pressing questions about the virus as misinformation swirls online. We turned to various experts to find out answers to questions ranging from how many…
We’ll work to get you the facts about Covid – what do you want to know?
Katrina Rothenberger, incident commander, sits for an interview in the COVID-19 incident command at the Marion County Health and Human Services office on Monday, July 13. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Covid cases are rising in Marion and Polk counties and across…
TOP STORIES: News of Salem you might have missed
Monica Ramirez, center, grabs stocks up on kitchenware for Mano a Mano during a Good360 giveaway on Jan. 22, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Here’s our Sunday Sampler to show you some of the stories that flowed from the staff of…