Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Steve Bauman, right, and Paul Butler, elections workers, collect ballots from a drop box in Keizer on Thursday, October 23. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregonians who haven’t yet cast a ballot in the Nov. 3 election have a little over 24 hours to make their voices heard in one of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Here’s your quick look at how the 2020 general election is going, with daily updates on ballot return information, details on past voting and a collection of stories from the news team at Salem Reporter on this year’s election. BY THE NUMBERS – BALLOT RETURNS SO FAR: Marion County –[Read More…]
Libby Tuitt, 7, left, and Addie Casebeer, 6, walk in costume in the Fairmount Hill Neighborhood Parade on Saturday, October 31. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Valeria Flores, 6, collects candy sent by zipline ghost during the Gizmo Trick-or-Treat at Gilbert House Children’s Museum on Saturday, October 31. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Atticus[Read More…]
Les Zaitz, Salem Reporter editor (Robert Quick photo) We will get through this, Salem. At Salem Reporter, we’ve planned carefully for how our team will cover the election results. That planning kept faith with key points. First, we aren’t going to call any races. You don’t need us making predictions.[Read More…]
Dan Brummer, elections support specialist in the Marion County Clerk’s Office, adds ballots to a sorting machine on Thursday, Oct. 23. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Law enforcement officials in Oregon are prepared for trouble flowing from an election that has been put under suspicion by the president the United States. They[Read More…]
SALEM – The city has a new police chief in December – Trevor Womack of Stockton. Salem City Manager Steve Powers announced his choice in a news release Saturday, just hours after Womack and another finalist answered community questions about becoming the chief. Womack is deputy police chief in Stockton,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem police officers on bike patrol endure a downtown that hit the March for Floyd event on Saturday, June 6. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem on Friday met two finalists for a job that will guide the future of the Salem Police Department. Police Chief Jerry Moore is retiring after 15[Read More…]
Uncategorized Here’s your quick look at how the 2020 general election is going, with daily updates on ballot return information, details on past voting and a collection of stories from the news team at Salem Reporter on this year’s election. BY THE NUMBERS – BALLOT RETURNS SO FAR: Marion County –[Read More…]
Highland Elementary School students enter the school library for brief in-person classes on Oct. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A change to Oregon’s school reopening guidelines means tens of thousands more students could soon return to the classroom, but Salem students will see little change. Gov. Kate Brown on Friday[Read More…]
100820 USPS 009a_1.jpg Connie Cruz, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, checks addresses while delivering mail in West Salem on Thursday, October 8. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Good luck learning from campaign literature what local candidates would do if you voters put them into government power. Expect, instead, to find candidates staking out[Read More…]
