Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Marion County reported 51 new residents with COVID-19 on June 22, setting a new county record. (Screenshot from Marion County Health & Human Services data dashboard) Marion County on Monday reported 51 residents newly-diagnosed with COVID-19, the highest one-day total since the first local case on March 9. The number[Read More…]
The loneliness of being homeless in Salem is accentuated by Gov. Kate Brown’s “stay home” order, which has emptied the city of many people. These individuals comply with the six-foot spacing recommended for effective social distancing. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) Salem could see a new homeless shelter approved more swiftly under[Read More…]
Salem City Hall. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Salem City Council will consider adopting a $752 million budget at its Monday, June 22 meeting. The council has received hundreds of pages of comments from citizens about police funding as conversations emerge nationwide over reallocating some money earmarked for law enforcement for[Read More…]
A Willamette Valley Hospice Bereavement Bear While the weather is warming, and plans for outdoor activities are in the works, summer camps are taking on a different look this year in response to COVID-19. For some organizers, this means reformatting their traditional camp activities. For others, like Salem-based Willamette Valley[Read More…]
A 50-year-old program of police in Salem-Keizer schools has become a flashpoint in local discussions about racial justice as activists who have long pushed for changes to school discipline say people in power can no longer ignore them. A petition organized by youth group Latinos Unidos Siempre now has gathered nearly 1,000[Read More…]
Jonathan Bucci, curator of collections and exhibits at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, pulls out a print by artist Rick Bartow. The museum recently received a grant to preserve and digitize Bartow’s print collection. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Every year, the Oregon Heritage Commission, awards grants to museums. This year, two[Read More…]
Marion County Courthouse (File/Salem Reporter) People convicted of state crimes in split jury verdicts in Marion and Polk counties could get new trials or see charges dropped as Oregon responds to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana that Oregon’s[Read More…]
Protestors rallied outside of the Salem-Keizer school district offices on Thursday, June 18 to urge the district to cancel their contract for police officers in schools. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Students and young activists protested outside the Salem-Keizer School District offices Thursday, June 18, urging the district to end three contracts[Read More…]
A couple sits outside of Ritter’s Housemade Foods during the first phase of Salem’s reopening on Friday, May 22. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) One Salem street may resemble something closer to a European café Saturday when the city launches a pilot program intended to expand restaurants’ capacity as COVID-19 restrictions require[Read More…]
Cindy Gerkman prunes geranium planters outside of Ritter’s Housemade Foods on May 12, 2020. Ritter’s Housemade Foods reopened for business on Friday for take-out and delivery after being temporarily closed. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Small Salem businesses left out by other programs intended to provide help during the COVID-19 pandemic had another[Read More…]
