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PHOTOS: A who’s who shows up for Gerry Frank Amphitheater celebration
Gerry Frank speaks on Friday, July 23, at the dedication of the Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater in Riverfront Park as state Sen. Betsy Johnson, center, and Gov. Kate Brown listen.(Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The faces in the crowd were familiar to many – the…
PHOTOS: Competitors take to the river, Salem streets for tough Ironman event
Athletes competing in Ironman 70.3 do a quick change from their wetsuits into the cycling clothes to start a 56-mile course through hills south of Salem on Sunday, July 25. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) At 6:15 a.m. Sunday, the first of more than 2,000 competitive athletes…
PHOTOS: For graduating Titans, it’s a shared ceremony to end a pandemic year
Seniors at West Salem High School participate in graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 10. Last year, high school graduation ceremonies were modified and delayed until August because of the pandemic. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Seniors at West Salem High School participate in graduation ceremonies on Thursday,…
PHOTOS: Tours offer gardening inspiration as part of Lord & Schryver Conservancy fundraiser
Attendees tour a garden during the Lord & Schryver Conservancy neighborhood garden tour on Sunday, June 6, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Garden enthusiasts took a self-guided tour of nine unique residential gardens in the Historic Court-Chemeketa District, east of downtown Salem. The self-guided tour offered…
PHOTOS: Salem’s JCPenney store hauntingly empty, awaits a new life
A storeroom at the vacant JCPenney store in downtown Salem on Monday, Nov. 23. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The fire alarm at Salem’s JCPenney building will not stop beeping. The store where generations of Salem residents went for back-to-school clothes and family portraits taken closed on…
PHOTOS: Salem protests lead to conflict, arrests and an uneasy time around the Capitol
Demonstrators confront reporters and counter-protesters at a pro-Trump rally at the Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 7. (David Hallett/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem made it through hours of political protests Saturday with a half dozen arrests, none of the vandalism that was feared and police tightly…
PHOTOS: Detroit owners consider losses and their plans
Jennifer Wentzel holds up the handles of destroyed pots and pans from inside of her family’s RV at Kane’s RV Park in Detroit on Saturday, Sept. 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) DETROIT – They arrived in convoys, led up Santiam Canyon through burned territory as highway…
PHOTOS: As smoke clears, Santiam Canyon damage emerges in detail
A carved eagle stands guard over remnants of a business along Oregon Highway 22 in Gates on Saturday, Sept. 19. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) GATES – As wildfires exploded into fast-moving furies on Labor Day, high winds dropped power lines in Gates and triggered a string…
PHOTOS: East of Salem, waiting and deciding whether to go or stay as wildfires move
Wildfire ash blankets a car in Scotts Mills on Thursday, Sept. 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) SCOTTS MILLS – Despite evacuation orders, some people in this rural community on the east side of the Willamette Valley decided to stay put on Thursday, more concerned with potential…