Troy Brynelson - Salem Reporter
Marion County gives trash burner another year to win state tax credits
Covanta Marion, a trash incinerator in Brooks, burns roughly 170,000 tons of garbage every year. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Local garbage will be shipped to Brooks another year under a deal approved by Marion County commissioners that will avoid a shutdown…
Salem tries for share of new state money to push new approach to serving homeless
The proposed site of Sequoia Crossings, a 76-unit apartment for chronically homeless people, at 3120 Broadway St. N.E. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) A new kind of housing project for chronically homeless residents in Salem could be in the works if a…
Getting story behind the story provides strong journalism for Salem
Troy Brynelson, reporter at Salem Reporter. (File/Salem Reporter) It’s hard for me to believe it’s been a year at Salem Reporter. As a reporter, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily churn — with news seemingly breaking at…
With death of her husband, Councilor Sally Cook says she will step down
Salem city hall (Salem Reporter) Sally Cook plans to resign her seat on Salem City Council soon, she informed City Manager Steve Powers on Thursday. The 39-year-old councilor said the sudden death of her husband three months ago and reality…
Hoping for affordable apartments, Salem eyes new twist on urban renewal
The Oregon State Hospital North Campus, pictured in April, where Mountain West Investment Corp. aims to build more than 40 homes and a 246-unit apartment. It could also be where the city of Salem uses its new incentive for affordable…
Businesses in Marion, Polk counties to get $14.5 million from SAIF
SAIF headquarters near downtown Salem on Monday. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Business is going well enough at SAIF, a workers’ compensation insurer, that it plans to give $160 million out to policyholders this year. That will land about $14.5 million collectively…
Micro-apartment complex Nishioka Building will break ground Monday
Construction workers prepare to break ground at the Nishioka Building, offering around 150 micro-apartments, at the corner of State and Commercial streets. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) The Nishioka Building, a mixed-use project that could fuel more change in downtown Salem, will…
First forum for Salem’s proposed “sit-lie” ordinance leaves residents, officials wanting more discussion
Kelly Teves, 48, voices her opposition to an idea to ban sitting or lying on city public rights-of-way for most hours of the day. Teves spoke during the first community forum held to discuss the proposal. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) The…
Neighbors of proposed Costco, shopping center file with Oregon Court of Appeals
The site of the proposed Kuebler Gateway Shopping Center in South Salem pictured September 2018. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) The fate of a proposed Costco-anchored shopping center in south Salem will be decided a little bit later than previously thought. Three…
Downtown stakeholders split on ordinance to restrict sitting, lying on sidewalks
Robert Stone, of Cheyenne, Wyo., sits outside near a coffee shop in downtown Salem. The homeless Salem resident said he would “probably” be impacted by a proposed ban on sitting or lying down on public rights of way. (Troy Brynelson/Salem…