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State to investigate claims of sexual discrimination at Marion County
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…
Radio producer provides venue for community issues
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…
Gym manager hustling on behalf of nonprofits, services
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…
Tom Hoffert says he will emphasize partnership as Salem chamber’s new CEO
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…
PacTrust to appeal Salem denial of Costco-anchored shopping center
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…
Salem continues to fight releasing arrest records at unknown cost to taxpayers
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…
Salem library review paused following outcry from residents
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…
COLUMN: Have a minute for a cup of coffee?
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.…
Marion County outlines upcoming review of workplace culture
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,…
Salem chamber names former employee Tom Hoffert new CEO
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…