Category City News
Oregon Landlord Compensation Fund opens again for applications
An apartment building in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For the second time, a state agency will open the floodgates on a grant program meant to help landlords recoup rent that’s gone unpaid because of the pandemic. This time the agency administering the program said it’s…
Marion County surveys residents on priorities for housing, development
Marion County building in downtown Salem (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Marion County wants public input on how to spend millions in federal money as it develops a five-year plan for housing, community development, and infrastructure. The county has two surveys open until July 14…
Legislation seeks to provide Oregon farmers with an alternative to common pesticide
Oregon State Capitol (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Kathy Freeborn Hadley doesn’t spray her grass seed fields near Salem with chlorpyrifos every season. But when sod webworms burrow into the plant, she said the pesticide is a valuable aid. “We don’t really have an alternative,”…
Salem City Council approves tax exemption for Broadway apartment complex
Construction is underway at 990 Broadway N.E., which will produce 23 residential units. Developers worked with historic preservationists to make sure artifacts from Salem’s pioneer era were preserved. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council on Monday approved for an apartment complex a ten-year property…
TIMELINE: A year of business restrictions and closures in Salem
A sign at Capitol Coffee in March 2020 as Salem businesses saw a first round of pandemic restrictions and closures. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Starting Friday, April 30, Marion and Polk counties will again face new Covid restrictions, with indoor dining banned and larger gyms, museums…
Why Salem employers are having a hard time finding workers despite high unemployment
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign in front of the Boon’s Treasury McMenamin’s location on Monday, April 26. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When the pandemic first hit Oregon over a year ago, Patricia Callihan-Bowman, the owner of local staffing firm Express Employment Professionals, worried that a lot of…
Union Street would become pedestrian walkway under Salem city councilor’s proposal
Cyclists cross the Union Street Railroad Bridge on Thursday, July 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem City Councilor Virginia Stapleton wants Salem to imagine having a dedicated bicycle and pedestrian lane on Union Street that people could use to travel from west Salem or downtown to…
SALEM ECONOMIC INDEX: Salem’s housing market remains hot, good news on jobs
Daniel Molina, right, and Efren Garcia work on cutting a board for the ceiling of a home build on Vine Maple Street Southeast on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In March, more houses sold for more money in Salem and Keizer. Fewer people…
The first round of relief is on its way for Salem businesses and commercial landlords
Downtown streets were unusually empty as the pandemic took hold last year. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Over $4 million is on its way to over 200 Marion County landlords and businesses to help cover rent that’s gone unpaid because of the pandemic. The grants are the…