Category Community
Chemeketa breaks ground on $12 million agriculture complex, with hopes to grow programs
Duane van Dyke hand plows the future site of the Chemeketa Community College Agriculture Complex with work horses Clare and Sophie at a groundbreaking event June 11, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A bare grass field on the east end of Chemeketa Community College’s Salem campus…
Willamette Heritage Center showcases Salem’s crime-fighting history
Visitors look at the CSI Salem exhibit during a member’s opening on June 6 (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Two years ago, Sharon Borgford brought Willamette Heritage Center curator Kylie Pine a box of her grandfather’s things. It contained what would be the starting point for the…
TO DO: Solve a crime, watch a dance, get a laugh
This weekly list is a new way we’re providing readers with information about events going on in the region. Feel free to reach out with feedback or event suggestions. Friday A new exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center will showcase crime fighting history in the…
Art Witkowski, Diane Watson face off in Chemeketa board race
Art Wiktowski, left, and Diane Watson, are running for Chemeketa Community College board. (Photos courtesy of candidates) For the first time in six years, a Chemeketa Community College board race has drawn a challenger. Art Witkowski, a former Chemeketa instructor who now works in health…
Jessica Howard is “all in” as Chemeketa’s next president
Jessica Howard in her office at Portland Community College (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Most college students start their academic careers with an associate’s degree before moving on to more advanced education. But Jessica Howard isn’t most college students. The college administrator, who will become Chemeketa Community…
Following tuition increase, Chemeketa looks to layoffs to balance 2019-20 budget
Responding to declining enrollment and revenue, Chemeketa Community College is planning to cut 33 positions, including laying off seven employees for the 2019-20 school year. The announcement comes after the college’s board voted to raise tuition and fees by $10 per credit in February, the…
Salem’s IKE Box is moving – and taking the building with it
IKE Box, the downtown coffee house, will be moving to a new location in the same neighborhood – and taking the building with it. IKE Box director Mark Bulgin knew the coffee shop and community hub on Cottage Street at Chemeketa Street might have to…
Chemeketa board chooses Jessica Howard as college’s next president
Jessica Howard will be the 11th president of Chemeketa Community College (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A Portland Community College administrator will be Chemeketa Community College’s next president, the college board announced Monday. Jessica Howard, who currently serves as campus president for Portland Community College’s southeast campus,…
Latinos Unidos Siempre teams up with Salem Art Association to spotlight, support urban art
Sandra Hernández-Lomelí, Latinos Unidos Siempre director, holds paintings made by young people at the organization’s northeast Salem office. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) When Sandra Hernández-Lomelí was 12, she was arrested for tagging on a Salem street. Like many of her peers, Hernández-Lomelí used graffiti to express…