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Pedestrian killed in apparent hit-and-run in Keizer

Police found a 70-year-old pedestrian dead after he was apparently struck by a vehicle outside Keizer Friday afternoon. Keizer police were called to the 6100 block of Windsor Island Road North around 12:30 p.m. Friday after receiving a report of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, the department said in[Read More…]

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State reports show about 28,000 Oregon kids attending school in-person, with 32 student and staff Covid cases

James Gough, an incoming kindergartner at Kalapuya Elementary School, works on an assessment test to gauge his alphabet comprehension on Thursday, September 17. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) With tens of thousands of Oregon kids attending class in-person, the state has so far seen 32 cases of the virus tied to K-12[Read More…]

VOTE 2020: With ballots about to hit mailboxes, the U.S. Postal Service seeks to reassure Oregon voters

  Connie Cruz, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, checks addresses while delivering mail in West Salem on Thursday, Oct. 8. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Covid pandemic is still ongoing, hundreds of Oregonians have been displaced by wildfires and concerns have been raised about mail slowdowns before the election. But[Read More…]

VOTE 2020: Al Davidson helped pioneer mail-in voting. But other states’ plans to vote by mail this election worry him

Al Davidson, former Marion County clerk, helped pioneer Oregon’s vote-by-mail system. With more states using vote-by-mail in the 2020 elections, Davidson said it’s been “like being rediscovered.” (Salem Reporter/Jake Thomas) Al Davidson hasn’t overseen a local election in Oregon since he retired as Marion County clerk in 2004. But with[Read More…]

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Marion County health department recommends small groups, masks and staying outside to limit Halloween Covid spread

Tips from the Marion County Health Department for families choosing to trick-or-treat in 2020. Health officials in Oregon would rather that families skip trick-or-treating this year. But Katrina Rothenberger, Marion County’s public health division director, says she knows not everyone is going to listen. While the Oregon Health Authority is[Read More…]

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Cherriots running nearly all routes following months of reduced service, but fewer than half of riders have returned

Caution tape closes off seats on a Cherriots bus to guide social distancing. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More than six months after Salem’s transit service started implementing safety precautions because of Covid and several bus drivers tested positive, Cherriots has re-opened nearly all its routes. Service is back to 95% of[Read More…]