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Amazon worker at Salem warehouse infected with COVID-19
An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. An employee at Amazon’s massive Salem…
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Caryn Connoly, left, a Roberts High School teacher, and Courtney Clendening, a Clear Lake Elementary School teacher, load food into a family’s truck at Four Corners Elementary School on March 25, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing…
State clears way for self-service gasoline across Oregon – for now
NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Salem, you can pump your own gas now under temporary regulations announced Saturday morning by the Office of State Fire…
THE LATEST: News from around Oregon, the NW on the outbreak
The Oregon Capitol Mall was closed to the public on Tuesday, March 24, following an order from Gov. Kate Brown (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) This digest provides all-in-one-place access to reporting on the novel coronavirus outbreak. A statewide media collaboration is…
THE LATEST: News from around Oregon, the NW on the outbreak
Oregon Army National Guard soldiers set up a temporary medical facility at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem on Thursday, March 19, 2020 (Courtesy Zachary Holden/Oregon National Guard) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to…
Watch the Oregon National Guard set up a mobile hospital
Oregon Army National Guard soldiers set up a temporary medical facility at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem on Thursday, March 19, 2020 (Courtesy Zachary Holden/Oregon National Guard) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to…
Stay at home, perhaps coming to Oregon, is already the rule in Los Angeles, nation’s second largest urban area
The departures level at Los Angeles International Airport is deserted on March 22. (David Zaitz/Special to Salem Reporter) Increasing restrictions on public movement loom for Oregon, following other states and urban areas that have already shut down in an attempt…
PHOTOS: Signs of life in Salem
A closed sign in Macy’s at Salem Center. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Day by day across Salem, doors are locked, lights go out and more people find they are without a job. Still, key businesses continue to function to keep the…
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Center 50+, a city-run senior center, closed on Monday, March 16, and started offering drive-up meals for seniors. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service.…
UPDATED: Marion County announces first death resulting from COVID-19 infection
The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) SALEM – A Marion County resident has died from the COVID-19 disease, the first death in the county and the fourth reported in Oregon, according to Marion…