Participants in the 2021 Ride of Silence, an event intended to raise awareness of cyclists on roadways, wore posters pinned to their backs that honor Ken Haigler, a Salem Health nurse killed while riding his bike. (Courtesy/Mary Schmidgall) As a regular Salem bike commuter for nearly 20 years, Jim Ross[Read More…]

Ismet Yazkurt poses for a portrait in front of Sunnyview Transmissions. He lost everything in a storage unit fire on May 3, 2021. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Two weeks ago, Ismet Yazkurt was sleeping in his minivan in Salem, which he’s lived in for about a year, when he was awoken[Read More…]

Linda and Chuck Beck, who lost everything in the Santiam Canyon wildfires, embrace in front of a car that was gifted to them through Be Bold Street Ministries. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) In the past month, Linda Beck has seen her circumstances change so unexpectedly she thinks it must have been[Read More…]

A man wears a Proud Boys jacket during a Nov. 7 rally at the Oregon Capitol. The group has been a regular presence at Salem events over the past year. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police made no arrests following several reports of intimidation during a right-wing political rally Saturday, saying[Read More…]

Capital FC is planning to expand with two additional turf fields and a community center. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Collin Box looks across the playing field at Capital Fútbol Club he sees more than just turf. “Physically it’s a field, but really it’s a space for all these life lessons[Read More…]

Members of Black Joy Oregon pose for a photo under a mural in Yachats in August, 2020. (Courtesy/ Julianne Jackson) Julianne Jackson recalls how Black Joy began its work last summer with volunteers standing on the streets in cities and towns throughout Oregon with the aim of raising awareness of[Read More…]

Bobbie Dolp was recently honored for her work establishing the Lord & Schryver Conservancy. (Courtesy/ Bobbie Dolp) For Bobbie Dolp, the gardens at Gaiety Hollow are a laid out in a complex, extraordinary way that’s hard to convey.  She said they’re built around the concept of rooms, much like a[Read More…]

A look inside the black bag that CAHOOTS crisis workers carry to 911 calls. It contains Narcan, as well as wound cleaner, medicine for allergic reactions and more. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) As Salem begins putting together its budget, city residents have a clear request: fund a crisis response team. City[Read More…]

The Chemeketa Car Choir performed for residents at Capital Manor Sunday, April 11. (Courtesy/Ken Porter) The Chemeketa Community College car choir had its largest audience yet Sunday as the singers took their show on the road to Capital Manor in west Salem. There, hundreds of residents at the retirement home[Read More…]

Jennifer Worth, operations director at Great Circle Recovery, holds up a hygiene kit they’ll hand out to unsheltered clients at a new medication-assisted treatment clinic operated by the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) For years, the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde has spent millions sending members to[Read More…]