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Oregon makes emergency management a separate state agency
Streets throughout Salem were impassible after the February 2021 ice storm, just one of several disaster that’s affected the region in recent years. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management is now operating as a cabinet-level state department that reports directly to the Governor,…
Metal knuckles, automatic handgun, $164,000 cash recovered in Salem arrest
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A 40-year-old Salem man is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday for drug and weapons charges following his arrest outside a local hotel with fentanyl-laced pills and $164,0000 in cash. Phillip Thomas was arrested by a special police task force on Wednesday,…
In Westfall, she tends gravesites and memories
Since 2007, LindaMae Nuessle has been organizing efforts to restore the heritage of the Westfall Cemetery. She sits on June 16 among tombstones for notable Westfall residents such as Jasper Westfall. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN) WESTFALL – Slender fingers release the chain allowing the steel gate…
Salem weekly Covid report for July 1: Local hospitalizations up, cases down slightly
The emergency room drop-off at Salem Hospital (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More people in the Salem area are being hospitalized with Covid, but local cases have decreased slightly over the last week. HOSPITAL CAPACITY The average number of Covid patients at Salem Hospital has climbed again,…
Salem police to stop responding in-person to noise complaints, illegal camping in public
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem police will no longer respond in person to complaints about noise or illegal camping in public spaces. Police Chief Trevor Womack said at a Monday City Council meeting that such complaints should now be submitted online or through other alternative reporting…
Former Keizer city councilor Rich Walsh is new Democratic nominee in competitive Oregon Senate race
Rich Walsh, an attorney from Keizer, is the new Democratic nominee for the 11th Senate District. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) KEIZER – Sitting in a folding chair under a basketball hoop in a sticky middle school gym on Thursday night, Rich Walsh heard the election…
Oregon’s new Treasury office is ready for the next disaster
When the Beachie Creek wildfire blanketed Salem in ash in the fall of 2020, the state’s financial servers felt the pain. At the Oregon State Treasury – then housed in one of the marble buildings on the Capitol Mall with an aging air filtration system…
Salem drivers with broken car equipment will now get a coupon, not a citation, from police
(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem drivers who get pulled over with a busted tail light will now get a discount voucher to fix the problem in lieu of a ticket. The Salem Police Department announced this week officers will start issuing 20% off vouchers for equipment-related…
Deputies to seek out intoxicated boaters July 4 weekend, marine officers say
Polk County marine patrol deputies on the Willamette River (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marine officers will be looking for impaired boaters over the holiday weekend to enforce Oregon’s boating under the influence of intoxicants law. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies across…