Troy Brynelson - Salem Reporter
Bike share to launch around downtown Salem this month
Cyclists on the Peter Courtney Minto Island Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge in Summer 2018. (Salem Reporter files) Scores of new bicycles — and new bike riders — may soon be spotted darting around downtown Salem, as a long-planned bike sharing…
AGENDA: Marion County Commissioners to approve contracts for security, ballot printing
Marion County Commissioners will consider a few contracts and purchases at their regular meeting Wednesday. The commissioners will consider approving a $420,000 contract for janitorial service at Marion County Health and Human Service buildings. The contract would be awarded to…
Salem hires chief financial officer in midst of budget woes
Salem City Hall (Salem Reporter files) The city of Salem has hired a chief financial officer, an ostensibly new position of budget expertise, the city announced Monday. Robert Barron started Monday, according to the announcement. He will oversee the city’s…
Downtown Salem businesses flock to publicly funded grants for security fences, cameras
Two women talk on a bench at the Equitable Center. The property is among five to receive new city grants to install security measures at downtown businesses. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Four new light poles stand guard over the parking lot…
Union Gospel Mission, micro-apartments eyed for $750,000 city grants
The size of the proposed Nishioka Building, projected to bring 150 units to the corner of State and Commercial streets. The project could receive urban renewal money worth nearly $750,000. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) In a move to usher more housing…
KARISSA FRETWELL: Cell records trace Gaston man to Salem on night mother, son disappeared
Update: 2:45 p.m.: Michael Wolfe has been arraigned and did not enter a plea. He is being held without bail at Yamhill County Jail. He is scheduled to appear again in court June 7. Update 4:50 p.m.: An update from…
KARISSA FRETWELL: Cell records show Fretwell, Wolfe phones both in Gaston area
There is a more updated version of this story HERE A three-page affidavit filed in Yamhill County Circuit Court on Tuesday sheds more information on the case of the disappearance of Karissa Fretwell and her 3-year-old son, William. Fretwell was…
KARISSA FRETWELL: Gaston man arrested for murder and kidnapping; pair still missing
Michael J. Wolfe of Gaston was booked into the Yamhill County Jail on Saturday, May 25, after his arrest the day before in Portland. (Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office photo) Salem police announced Friday evening that they have arrested Michael J.…
Search continues for missing Salem mother and child
(Courtesy of Salem Police Department) Update, 3:10 p.m.: Law enforcement officers began a search for a missing Salem woman and her son Thursday morning at a property in Gaston. That search led investigators to a field in Hopewell, about 45…
Business appeals Union Gospel Mission’s shelter once more
A rendering of the new Union Gospel Mission men’s shelter. The shelter is expected to break ground in 2020. (Courtesy of Union Gospel Mission) A year after businesses appealed a permit for Union Gospel Mission to proceed with its upgraded…