Category City News
Salem’s plans for commercial air travel in coming year hinge on federal grant
A plane on the tarmac at the Salem Municipal Airport on Thursday, May 5, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem could see commercial flights return to its airport within a year – if the city is successful in its third effort to get a federal grant…
Salem can cover costs for now, but gaps are coming
Salem is nearing a “budget cliff” where the cost of providing residents with basic services like firefighting and building inspections is outpacing the city’s ability to collect taxes and other revenue. That’s according to Josh Eggleston, the city’s chief financial officer, and Kristin Retherford, interim…
COLUMN: Health care, manufacturing jobs targeted in new workforce training plan
Nurses are among the local jobs expected to see the most growth in the coming years.(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) After decades of declining federal funding, the Willamette Workforce Partnership, the local area workforce board, will see its annual job-training budget double in the space of the…
Meet the woman working to bring concerts to Salem’s new amphitheater
Kathleen Swarm, amphitheater manager for the city of Salem, outside the Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Shortly after Kathleen Swarm moved back to Salem in early 2021, she was driving over the bridge across the Willamette…
Salem City Council slated for final approval Monday of new subdivision at Robins Lane
A 2021 aerial photo of the property the Salem City Council voted April 25 to approve for a planned subdivision at Robins Lane Southeast. (Courtesy/City of Salem) The Salem City Council on Monday is set to make a final order approving a plan by a…
Committee floats Salem street repairs, land for libraries and fire stations in infrastructure bond
Sidewalk damage on Pearl Street Northeast. A city infrastructure bond proposal would dedicate millions toward street and sidewalk repairs over the next decade (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem could see millions invested in street and sidewalk repairs over the next decade under an infrastructure plan drafted…
Dozens of companies that defied Covid mandates are fighting nearly $1 million in fines
Courthouse Club Fitness owes the largest Covid-related fines to Oregon according to new data from the state’s workplace safety agency. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Though most pandemic restrictions in Oregon are gone, several dozen businesses cited by state safety officials for violating Covid mandates still owe…
Botaneity offers, wine, eggs in revitalized west Salem farmstand
Kayla Borgen prepares for the reopening of a farmstand on the old Lindbeck Farm property in West Salem. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Kayla Borgen and Robert Lauer weren’t looking for a new home when they stumbled across a listing for the old Lindbeck farm in west…
Fines to disappear for Salem library users under new director
As a kid, Kim Carroll spent afternoons at the library in Oregon City with her friends. Carroll wasn’t an avid reader – that would come later. She enjoyed the library as a place to spend time until her parents got off work, but said she…