Treatment ponds at Geren Island which ultimately becomes drinking water for Salem residents. Water reaching this point will have already been treated with powdered-activated carbon. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Salem is getting $20 million in fresh state money to help the city avoid another water crisis like the one that hit[Read More…]
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The history of mental health care in Salem on display, chronicling advances over the years
The Museum of Mental Health at the Oregon State Hospital includes a display of restraints once used to manage patients at the Salem institution. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) In centuries past, the stigma and ignorance surrounding mental illness contributed to the often barbaric treatment of those who were suffering. Patients were[Read More…]
Oregon special education and English-learning students can attend school in-person under new guidelines
Highland Elementary 2nd grade teacher Becky Montgomery works with a student during a computer math exercise Wednesday March 13, 2019. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem students who receive special education services, are learning English or don’t have reliable Internet access could see the inside of a classroom much sooner[Read More…]
Uncategorized Video submissions will replace live performances at yearly cultural celebration
Staff from the Coquille tribe interacts with a Capitol visitor at their booth. Four tribes have chosen to participate in Multicultural Day Reimagined by providing videos to share at this year’s event. (Courtesy/Capitol History Gateway) In a different time, the Capitol would be bustling this weekend with Irish dancers, people[Read More…]
Uncategorized YOUR QUESTIONS: Is someone with an asymptomatic case of Covid still contagious?
[ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion County Health Department,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem, our reporters need your help to write the first draft of history
During a rare in-person bit of journalism during a pandemic, reporter Rachel Alexander chats data with Lillian Govus, communications director for Salem-Keizer School District, at a July 10 meeting on school reopening. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) At Salem Reporter, we try to dig deeper, explaining the history of hot-button issues and[Read More…]
Uncategorized Local health providers see low rates of Covid in Salem’s unsheltered population
Tent sites at Wallace Marine Park on Wednesday, May 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) One Salem population appears to be escaping a deep impact from coronavirus infections – people experiencing homelessness populating city parks. While Marion County remains on a state watch list because of concerns Covid continues to spread, testing[Read More…]
PHOTOS: North Salem High School celebrates Class of 2020
Yasmine Duarte, right, and Jennifer Duarte, left, hold up their sister, Genesis, following her graduation from North Salem High School on Thursday, August 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Local high schools worked overtime to celebrate the Class of 2020 last week, staging six to eight ceremonies back-to-back so seniors could receive[Read More…]
Oregon officials explain how they tie a death to Covid, varying from other states
[ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] PORTLAND – Fred Creasy was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at the end of June. Doctors gave the 81-year-old just 30 days to live. He died at the end of[Read More…]
AGENDA: School board to hear plans for fall remote classes, vote on homeless alliance agreement
The Salem-Keizer School Board meets virtually for a work session on July 28, 2020 (Screenshot) Salem-Keizer School Board directors will hear the latest district plans for all-remote fall classes in a work session and meeting Tuesday evening, though they won’t vote on the plans. District administrators will first update the[Read More…]
