Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized A sign directs patients at Salud Medical Center in Woodburn on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County is spending $7,328 per day on a motel program for people who have tested positive or been exposed to Covid but have nowhere to isolate. There are currently two guests using[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown listens in during a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence and other governors on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem residents can no longer dine in at a restaurant, work out at a gym, host house parties and they might have to wait in line[Read More…]
After 9-year-old Briand Hermios finally got logged on to his virtual elementary school classes, his mother noticed he was missing needed supplies. Hermios’ classmates at Scott Elementary School had whiteboards and pens to respond to the teacher’s questions live during class. He should have gotten the same items to take[Read More…]
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon attorney general Two ubiquitous convenience store chains have agreed to pay thousands of dollars to settle complaints with the Oregon Attorney General’s office that they illegally upped the price of face masks, including in Salem, just as the pandemic was taking hold. As the pandemic arrived in[Read More…]
Salem’s Climate Action Plan task force is holding its first workshop Wednesday, Nov. 17. Salem’s Climate Action Plan task force is meeting Wednesday morning for its first workshop to begin charting a 30-year course on how it will respond to climate change. The city is in the process of developing[Read More…]
Highland Elementary School students enter the school library for brief in-person classes on Oct. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of Salem students who had been getting in-person help with school will be back to virtual class this week, Salem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry has announced. Schools had been bringing students[Read More…]
Uncategorized Police at the scene of the shooting on Oct. 29. (Courtesy/Rob Owen) A Marion County Grand Jury Monday found that a Salem police officer who killed a Salem man following a pursuit in October was justified in using deadly force. Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson released details about the[Read More…]
Masks and protective gear are part of the job as laborers in essential fields continue working. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) There’s a lot going on business. To help keep you up to speed, the Salem Reporter has launched a semi-regular roundup of business-related items that includes new business openings, locations, grant[Read More…]
Many restaurants are offering takeout orders after a ban on dining in at eateries went into effect on Tuesday, March 17. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Over three-quarters of Oregon’s bars and restaurants are in danger of closing permanently without help from state government. That’s the warning from a letter sent by[Read More…]
Uncategorized Dr. Doug Eliason (Courtesy/Salem Health) Dr. Doug Eliason compares efforts to stop the spread of Covid to avoiding a car crash. “Every time you go to your car and you turn your car on, you know that you’re risking an auto accident that could involve death or serious injury,” he[Read More…]
