Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized The doors outside the Senator Hearing Room, where public works employee Jamie Namitz in October publicly announced she was sexually discriminated against at work. Namitz recently complained to the state Bureau of Labor and Industries to investigate the county public works department. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) A Marion County worker is[Read More…]
Uncategorized Melanie Zermer at KMUZ studios last Friday morning. Zermer, 61, is one of the station’s founding board members and is working to make the station a hub for local news and music. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Melanie Zermer’s peers call her “tireless.” “Oh I’m feeling kind of tired this morning,” she[Read More…]
Uncategorized Michele Vanderyacht, general manager at Epic Fitness, helped organize several fundraisers this year. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Michele Vanderyacht decided recently she wanted to spend more time giving back to the community, and she has done so with the help of the gym she manages. “I’m blessed that I can pay[Read More…]
Uncategorized Tom Hoffert stands outside the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Hoffert officially becomes its CEO on Jan. 2. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Tom Hoffert says he wants to work with everyone. Last week, the 44-year-old was tapped to be the next CEO of the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce.[Read More…]
Uncategorized The empty lot along Kuebler Boulevard where the shopping center is proposed. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter files) PacTrust Realty, the backers of a nearly 200,000-square-foot shopping center that was spurned by Salem City Council last week, says it will file an appeal to the state land use board. The Portland-based real[Read More…]
Uncategorized The lobby at Salem City Hall. The city has spent nearly four years fighting to keep private the arrest records of a man later convicted of sexually abusing a child. (Salem Reporter files) Klain Pippert was arrested in early 2015 for sexually abusing a child. He pleaded guilty, served a[Read More…]
Shelves at Salem Public Library in late November. The library’s new, more rigorous review policy is on pause until a public meeting Jan. 9. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter files) A rigorous review of items in the Salem Public Library’s collections is on hold after residents worried that books would be needlessly[Read More…]
Uncategorized Reporter Troy Brynelson of Salem Reporter (Moriah Ratner/Special to the Salem Reporter) Editor’s note: This is the third of a continuing series of personal columns from the staff of Salem Reporter to the community explaining how we perform our journalism. Read Rachel’s and Aubrey’s. I think my best reporting tool[Read More…]
Uncategorized The doors outside the Senator Hearing Room, where the Marion County Board of Commissioners hold weekly meetings. Marion County revealed Wednesday details of an upcoming review of its workplace culture. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) A review of Marion County’s workplace culture, stemming in part from recent accusations of sexual harassment within[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce. Tom Hoffert will take over as CEO starting Jan. 2, the chamber announced Thursday. (Courtesy of Photos By Orion and the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce) The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce has turned to a former employee, now an executive at a Mexican[Read More…]
