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Sprague graduates to celebrate with Saturday car parade
Sprague High School 2022 graduated will be honored during a car parade Saturday, June 4 (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Sprague High School families and supporters will gather Saturday to cheer on the Class of 2022. The south Salem high school is holding its annual car parade…
Man convicted of murder, sentenced to life in fatal road rage incident
A Marion County circuit judge on Wednesday sentenced Manuel Elisha North, 48, to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of murdering Herman Graham III in October 2020. North hurled racist slurs at Graham, a Black man, and tried to run him off…
Oregon Secretary of State looking for translators for election information
(Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is looking for Oregonians who can help translate the state-issued Voters’ Pamphlet into 12 languages. A 2021 law requires that the pamphlet, which includes biographical and endorsement information provided by candidates and is mailed to each voter,…
First amphitheater concert planned Friday following Salem Art Walk
The Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater is lit for the first time on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem’s new amphitheater in Riverfront Park will host its first concert Friday following the monthly Salem Art Walk. The city is putting on a…
OHSU researcher leads creation of a Portland-based research center on gun violence
Investigators from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office process the scene of a shooting in southeast Salem in March 2021 (Courtesy/Marion County Sheriff’s Office) A center on gun violence is in the making in Oregon. A researcher at Oregon Health & Science University and the VA…
Local Starbucks workers to vote on forming union, first in Salem
Starbucks at 3904 Commercial St. S.E. in Salem on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter) Workers at a southeast Salem Starbucks may soon be the first in the city to unionize. In a letter published Thursday, workers for the Starbucks at Southeast Commercial Street…
AGENDA: Marion County commissioners consider federal funds for navigation center, other projects
The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider approving federal pandemic relief funding, including for a long-awaited navigation center in Salem. AGENDA Commissioners will consider designating Juneteenth, a federal and state holiday traditionally celebrated June 19 as the end of slavery in the…
Dr. Jesse Peters named WOU’s next president
Dr. Jesse Peters was announced in late May as Western Oregon University’s next president (Courtesy/Western Oregon University) Dr. Jesse Peters, the dean of a small public liberal arts college in Colorado, will be Western Oregon University’s next president. The college’s Board of Trustees plan to…
“Suspicious” package arrives at state corrections department headquarters in Salem
An Oregon State Police car (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) The state Department of Corrections headquarters building in Salem received a “suspicious” package Tuesday morning addressed to Director Colette Peters, according to the agency. The package arrived at the building around 8:36. a.m. Tuesday. “The mailroom area was…