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AGENDA: Marion County Commissioners to discuss 2020 Census
(Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Correction, May 21: The Marion County Commission will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Paul Community Hall, located at 20239 Main St. N.E., St. Paul. A previous version of this article misstated the time…
Salem councilors favoring new revenue for climate action plan
(Caleb Wolf / Special to Salem Reporter) Salem Councilor Chris Hoy stood in his yard last week, in the 80-degree heat, frustrated by budgets. It was May 9, the day after the Salem Budget Committee recommended a budget for the…
COLUMN: Pursuing the truth, for better or worse
This week Salem Reporter published a story about Alexandria Tereshka and the years leading up to her death last November, after she cycled through systems of law enforcement and treatment in Polk County. In the days since I have received…
Sheriff’s office looking for stranger who offered child ride home from school
Update 12:15 p.m.: This article has been updated to include a comment from the Sheriff’s Office regarding the reported incident at Englewood Elementary. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a male who approached a student walking home from…
Updated: Suspect in police shooting arrested, officer released from hospital
Crime scene investigators at an apartment complex in the Highland neighborhood on Wednesday morning, after a suspect was taken into custody. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Update 4:30 p.m.: Jaime Lee Jimenez, 38, of Woodburn, is the suspect arrested for shooting a…
Rebellious and tormented, she was a ‘heartbreaking’ challenge for Oregon’s strained system
Alexandria Tereshka in an undated photo provided by her family. Massah Morris leaned into the turn coming off the Marion Street Bridge and onto Highway 22 when something dark in the road loomed ahead. With no time to react, he…
Cherriots gets four new directors
As it prepares to add new service and garner more state funding, Cherriots will have four new directors this summer thanks in part to a change in state law. State lawmakers on Wednesday confirmed Sadie Carney, Ian Davidson, Chi Nguyen…
Ex-Salem cop who fled charges in Oregon arrested in Florida
Seth Thayres, in red, pictured while volunteering with cadets in Gulfport, Fla. The former Salem Police Department officer was arrested Tuesday by U.S. Marshals in nearby Clearwater, Fla. (Courtesy of Seth Thayres) Former Salem cop-turned-fugitive Seth Thayres is back in…
Two in custody following Monday night fatal shootings
(Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Two men have been arrested and charged in the deaths of two others after a fatal shooting in northeast Salem Monday night. Keonte Caldwell, 23, and Curtis Welch, 26, were found and arrested in the…
AGENDA: Marion County Commissioners to discuss salary raises for elected officials
The Marion County Commission will consider proposed salary raises for the county’s elected officials at its regular meeting on Wednesday. The three commissioners will vote to approve the proposed salary bumps, although the Marion County Budget Committee will be the…