Category Public Safety
Leaders start long-planned violence intervention meetings with local teenagers
Salem leaders are rolling out "call-in" meetings with young men who are deemed at high risk of being involved in a shooting to provide help finding employment, education and encouragement for choosing another path.
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Oregon faces longer fire season due to historic heat, drought, fire experts warn
Oregonians need to be proactive about protecting themselves and their properties from wildfire and behave far more cautiously when starting campfires or burning debris than in recent years, state fire officials advised.
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A shooting in Salem could reshape social media privacy
Defense attorneys are pressing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook to turn over social media messages that could prove their client acted in self-defense in a June 2024 killing in south Salem.
Prosecutors accuse Salem man of being part of major drug smuggling operation
Arrests and seizures in recent months didn't deter a West Coast drug trafficking organization with links to Salem, according to court documents. A Salem man is now accused of managing a drug "stash house."
Oregon AG Rayfield, Gov. Kotek open to updating sanctuary laws after Marion County courthouse arrest
Other states have considered or given their attorneys general more power to enforce bans on courthouse arrests by immigration agents.
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Salem teen dies in single-vehicle crash near Silver Falls
Adrian Ramos Monroy, 18, died in a crash early Wednesday morning that state investigators said was likely due to speeding. Ramos Monroy was previously a student at Roberts High School in Salem and graduated in 2025.
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AI-generated erroneous court filings are ‘rapidly escalating,’ Oregon appeals judge warns
Erin C. Lagesen, chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, wrote in a public message that AI-generated court filings are coming from “lawyers and self-represented litigants alike," straining court resources.
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How incarcerated Oregon youth are helping restore native plants and forests
In Tillamook and rural Oregon City, incarcerated youth play an essential role filling jobs to help restore ecosystems.
Marion County officials suggest unsolved murders, buried victims mar Wallace Marine Park
Marion County officials pushed to shut down homeless camping in Wallace Marine Park by spooling out graphic accounts of crime. They cited an unknown witness to claim murder victims were buried in the park soil. A Salem Reporter investigation established the county can’t back up that claim.
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