Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Crews from the Salem Fire Department and other agencies were still mopping up the fire at 11 a.m. after the early morning fire broke out in an industrial park on Northeast Salem Industrial Drive. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) UPDATE: Firefighters were able to save all the buildings at Oregon Pallet and[Read More…]
Uncategorized A 40-year-old woman was shot to the death and another man was shot in northeast Salem at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Salem police. In a news release, the agency identified the woman as Jennifer Black of Salem. It didn’t identify the man. Police said they were called by[Read More…]
Uncategorized For a hot deal on a subscription to Salem Reporter, go HERE and save half off the normal rate. If you sign up now, you get 30 days of access to great investigative reporting, enlightening profiles of people in the community, and the word about events you might want to[Read More…]
Uncategorized The disappearance of Karissa Fretwell and her 3-year-old son was resolved Saturday with the discovery of their bodies in a remote wooded area in Yamhill County. Law enforcement officials on Sunday announced that searchers found the two, and an autopsy established the 25-year-old single mother from Salem had been shot[Read More…]
Uncategorized The bodies of Karissa Fretwell and her 3-year-old son, missing from Salem since May 13, have been recovered from a remote area west of the town of Yamhill, law enforcement officials announced Sunday afternoon. Fretwell was shot to death but the cause of death of her son, Billy Fretwell, hasn’t[Read More…]
Uncategorized Police are seeking a Gaston man, Michael J. Wolfe, 52, for questioning in connection with last week’s disappearance of a Salem woman and her toddler son. He is being sought by the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office and the Salem Police Department in connection with Karissa Fretwell, 25, and her son,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Frank Gable in a Florida prison in 1985 (Photo courtesy The Oregonian/OregonLive) UPDATE: Link to court filing: Oregon’s appeal filing SALEM — The state Justice Department on Wednesday in court filings is appealing a decision by a federal judge that Frank Gable get a new trial or be freed from[Read More…]
Uncategorized You’ve been reading the headlines out of the Capitol, and now you can hear the story behind the stories. Aubrey Wieber, covering the Legislature for Salem Reporter as part of the Oregon Capital Bureau, shares his insights this Friday in a program before the Salem City Club. He’ll be joined[Read More…]
Part 1: Salem schools struggle with shifting politics, challenging demographics, lagging students In Salem’s high-poverty schools, the average student starts kindergarten not recognizing enough letters to write their own name. In the first of a five-part series, we looked at how those schools use extra federal money to try to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Graphic from the National Weather Service on Tuesday, April 9. The National Weather Service Tuesday morning forecast that Salem will see rain showers Tuesday that should decrease through the day. Another wet front is expected to hit the area on Wednesday. The weather service said minor flooding will continue in[Read More…]
