Category Government
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County commissioners consider federal wildfire recovery funds
Commissioners on Wednesday will also consider awarding $2 million dollars of federal funding the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, intended to provide services, housing and grants to people impacted by the pandemic.
State legislators consider potential for rail service between Beaverton and Salem
If approved, the bill would allocate funds for a feasibility study on expanding commuter rail service from Wilsonville to Salem. Without a clear intent for project governance, though, the Salem Area Mass Transit District warns that the study could collect dust.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County commissioners consider offering new flexible grant source
Commissioners on Wednesday will also consider expanding a contract for sediment excavation and disposal at Detroit Lake.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Council to consider developing paid parking plan downtown
Councilors meet Monday, Feb. 27, to consider funding rental assistance and to hear an initiative to designate the Salem Civic Center as a local historic resource.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Cherriots rates high in satisfaction survey shows
Thursday’s meeting will include presentations on recent customer and community satisfaction surveys, and a vote on spending for four buses.
Lawmakers, again, consider allowing self-pumping gas stations statewide
AT THE CAPITOL: A bipartisan bill pending at the Oregon Legislature would allow more self-service gasoline - while mandating attendants in some areas of Oregon.
YOUR GOVERNMENT: Marion County commissioners consider state help for road safety plan
Commissioners on Wednesday will also consider expanding a contract with the state to pay for more pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Southeast Connecticut Avenue in Salem.
COLUMN: A dispatch from an unusual bus ride
Abbey McDonald of Salem Reporter describes her experience driving a Cherriots bus on a closed course, in advance of a district hiring event on Feb. 21.
Salem clinic using medication to treat addicted inmates at Marion County Jail
Ideal Option began providing medication-assisted treatment at the jail in early January, paid for by $924,000 state grant from Measure 110 funding.