Neel Jain, PDX Concierge founder, shops at Trader Joe’s for people at high risk during the pandemic. (Courtesy/Neel Jain) Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Luke Clifton, 17, hasn’t been able to visit his grandparents in Coos Bay. His family hasn’t taken their usual trip to Nevada to see his grandfather[Read More…]
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Five more coronavirus deaths reported at south Salem assisted living facility
An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Long-term care facilities continue to drive new deaths from the coronavirus, and two new Marion County workplaces, including Oregon State Hospital, now have active outbreaks. Five residents at Farmington Square Assisted Living, 960 Boone Rd SE,[Read More…]
The Great Oregon Steam-up will continue this year — as a drive-through event
A volunteer at Powerland Heritage Park demonstrating how machinery from another era works. (Courtesy/Powerland Heritage Park) Just as the Great Oregon Steam-up was preparing for its 50th anniversary and had received a special recognition from the state, the coronavirus pandemic hit — canceling events across the state. But the event,[Read More…]
Covid made health care more complicated. Two grants will help vulnerable communities in Salem navigate it
Tricia Ratliff, who runs youth services for the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, explains how the house chore board works. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Two community groups in Salem will be able to provide more access to health care for their clients, thanks to a grant from Salem Health announced this[Read More…]
YOUR COVID QUESTIONS: You asked, we got experts to answer your Covid questions
Covid isn’t going anywhere and Salem Reporter set out to find answers to the community’s most pressing questions about the virus as misinformation swirls online. We turned to various experts to find out answers to questions ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion[Read More…]
A voice from the past talks you through a key piece of Salem history
The Willamette Heritage Center is now providing a new way to learn the history of Salem’s Thomas Kay Woolen Mill. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) In these uncertain times, there’s a way to learn some fun facts about the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill and see how workers produced blankets and fabrics without[Read More…]
As classes start online, five local schools will have new principals for 2020
New Salem-Keizer principals for the 2020-21 school year, from top left to bottom right: Chad Towe, Artonya Gemmill, Christine Bowlby, Lizi Aguilar-Nelson, Sophia Duerst, Greg Watson and Jesse Payne. Three local elementary schools will have new principals this fall as the Salem-Keizer school district shuffles administrators to run its new[Read More…]
Despite online start, Salem-Keizer superintendent promises school year will be “150% better” than spring
Salem-Keizer superintendent Christy Perry has a check-in video call with Schirle Elementary special education teacher Annie Hatzenbihler on Tuesday, April 14. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) More than 40,000 Salem-Keizer students will meet their teachers through a computer screen as classes begin in September. Superintendent Christy Perry announced Tuesday Oregon’s second-largest school[Read More…]
Sheriff’s deputies tampered with evidence and stole, lawsuit alleges
Marion County Sheriff’s Office. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A Salem man is suing Marion County, one former and one current sheriff’s deputy, claiming the deputy violated his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they allegedly stole from his home during an investigation and pawned some of the items. Charles Raymond Brown[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer students won’t be back in school buildings until at least November under new guidelines
Mary Eyre Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem students won’t be back in a school building come September unless the number of new people with Covid slows dramatically in the coming weeks. Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced Oregon schools can’t hold class in person unless[Read More…]