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AROUND OREGON: Newspaper carrier helps elderly man stuck in tub for days
Kymberly Basitan, left and her grandfather Kenneth Plank. (Courtesy/ Herald and News) Stephani Bastian couldn’t get in touch with her 81-year-old father, Kenneth Plank, who lived alone in the Elk Apartments on Main Street in Klamath Falls. Although it’s not unusual for him to miss…
PHOTOS: Salem celebrates MLK Day with community meal, signs and speeches
Jonathan Jones, co-owner of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails passes out coffee and free meals to community members during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Maura Ryan, co-owner of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails passes out a meal to…
Gates family to get new home after property burned in Santiam Canyon wildfires
Timothy and Sharon Smith and their children, Ollie and Rosie, were presented with a tiny home to replace a trailer that they have been living in since losing their home during the Santiam Fire in Gates on Monday, January 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Timothy…
With “car choir,” Chemeketa singers use wireless mics, transmitters to sing safely in person
Christian Campbell, 19, sings during car choir at Chemeketa Community College on Jan. 14, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Mackenzie Rolf doesn’t usually bring jumper cables to choir class. But when you’ve been holding choir practice from cars parked in the Chemeketa Community College parking lot,…
Listen to Martin Luther King Jr. speak or watch a documentary to celebrate
Children march along Lancaster Drive during Salem’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem residents can hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech and “Letters From Birmingham Jail” during a special broadcast Monday at…
Coffee or tea? They’re both on display at new exhibit
A Palestinian tea set on display at the World Beat Gallery for a new exhibit on tea and coffee custom. (Courtesy/ Jacob Armas) Women winning the right to vote began over tea. Yvonne Putze, executive director of the Deepwood Museum and Gardens, explained that tea…
Calling on Salem leaders to denounce white supremacy, petition attracts hundreds of signers
Far-right protesters marched from the Capitol to Mahonia Hall to protest Covid restrictions on Friday, Jan. 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Julianne Jackson wants Salem’s leaders to denounce white supremacy. More than 600 others agree, signing on to a change.org petition that demands city leaders create…
Salem teenager ranks sixth in the nation in Olympic weightlifting
Emma Dalke, 14, does a clean-and-jerk in the garage of her Salem home on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) On December 4, Emma Dalke put on a tunic, picked up her weights, and stepped in front of a camera in her Salem garage. The…
A wildlife refuge center and its landlord square off in court over covered up rot, unfinished work, well access
Aztec, the golden eagle, at Turtle Ridge Wildlife Center in 2018. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) A Salem wildlife refuge center has taken their landlord to court alleging the couple it rented the southeast Salem property from didn’t set up electricity or water, never completed construction on…