Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized The Salem Reporter staff in the office. From left: Rachel Alexander, Jake Thomas, Saphara Harrell and Troy Brynelson. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) It’s been too long since the Salem Reporter crew took a break from the newsroom to talk with our readers and the community. On Friday, we held a[Read More…]
Uncategorized UPDATE Thursday 11:32 a.m.: Police identified the third victim as 18-year-old Diego Lucas Felipe. UPDATE Monday 11:17 a.m.: Police identified Andres Alonzo-Canil, 41, and Miguel Alonzo-Lucas, 39, as two of the passengers who died in the collision. Deputies are still working to confirm the identity of the third deceased passenger.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marion County Courthouse (File/Salem Reporter) John N. Bishop, a former sheriff and until recently executive director of the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association, pleaded guilty to first-degree theft Friday in Marion County Circuit Court. According to court records, Bishop, of Sublimity, faces 24 months of probation and must pay $13,014 restitution[Read More…]
Uncategorized Thomas Joseph (center red shirt) speaks to Gov. Kate Brown via phone to demand she oppose the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline project during a demonstration at the Capitol Thursday. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau) Protesters upset with a proposed gas pipeline cutting across Oregon filled Gov. Kate Brown’s ceremonial office Thursday, vowing[Read More…]
A NORPAC-branded truck transports frozen vegetables in Oregon. (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Agriculture) The impending closure of a century-old food processing company will have wide impacts on Salem’s economy as nearly 1,000 workers seek new jobs over the holidays and Willamette Valley farmers scramble for a new buyer for next season’s[Read More…]
Uncategorized Update 4:15 p.m. – A portion of Southeast Mission Street remains closed after a fatal car accident Monday afternoon. A driver in a Jeep SUV ran a red light traveling northbound on Southeast 25th Street hitting a garbage truck that was traveling eastbound on Mission Street, the Salem Police Department[Read More…]
Uncategorized Smoke seen from the July 29 fire off Reed Road (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Update 6 p.m.: Forward progress of the 30-acre grass fire has stopped and crews are securing lines and putting out fires within the fire area. Original story below. Salem-area firefighters are battling a brush fire that started[Read More…]
Protesters flooded the capitol Thursday in opposition of House Bill 2020. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Trucks parked at the Oregon State Fairgrounds early Thursday before heading to the state Capitol. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Many protesters carried American flags, waving them on the overcast, drizzling morning. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) A man[Read More…]
Uncategorized Senate President Peter Courtney (Salem Reporter files) In 2018, Oregonians were blanketed by dense smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of thousands of acres. They contributed to the most expensive political race in the state’s history, ultimately won by Gov. Kate Brown. Oregon experienced a strong economy and rising wages, while[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Federal dollars that flow to state agencies are frozen in the midst of a federal government shutdown. State officials say they are not yet impacted. (Salem Reporter files) Oregon is not yet expected to feel the impacts of a budgetary stalemate that shut down[Read More…]
