Dozens of students, parents, teachers and graduates are weighing in on police in schools as leaders from the Salem-Keizer School District plan for summer community forums to discuss the future of contracts with local law enforcement agencies. A virtual June 9 school board meeting, where board members had planned to[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Coronavirus cases climbing with no clear hotspot in Marion County
A Marion County Health & Human Services map shows where new cases of COVID-19 has been concentrated as of June 11. Numbers show new cases in the past two weeks per 100,000 ZIP code residents. Source here. Marion County has seen an uptick in residents testing positive for COVID-19 over[Read More…]
Supreme Court rules that pandemic orders are legal
A tent used for Sunday services at Peoples Church on Tuesday, May 19. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Restrictions on businesses and churches related to the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in place following a ruling by the Oregon Supreme Court on Friday. The state’s highest court found that Baker County Circuit Court[Read More…]
Uncategorized Wait – don’t buy movie tickets and dig out your swim goggles just yet. Marion and Polk counties can’t move forward with looser restrictions
Seating in the L.B. Day Amphitheater at the state fairgrounds in Salem on May 12, 2020. The 2020 Oregon State Fair was recently canceled due to COVID-19. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion and Polk County residents won’t be able to eat popcorn in a dark theater, stay out at bars until[Read More…]
As athletes prepare for summer training, Salem high school sports plan unsettled
Players from the Sprague Little League team celebrate Saturday as they win the Northwest regional Little League tournament. (Photo courtesy Traci McHenry) A picture has started to emerge of what school might look like when classes return in the fall, but there’s still a large unknown when it comes to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Deputies find unidentified body underneath east Salem duplex
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office found an unidentified man dead near a east Salem duplex Wednesday. (Courtesy/ Marion County Sheriff’s Office) The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is trying to identify a man found dead underneath an east Salem duplex Wednesday. Deputies received a call from a family living in the[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer schools grapple with transportation, clubs, childcare as they plan for fall reopening
Seen through a sliding glass door, Noah Hall, wife Jessica and children Evan, 6, and Ruby, 2, sit at the kitchen table of their Salem home on Wednesday, April 23. The Halls are both elementary school teachers who are currently teaching classes from phone via video while also caring for[Read More…]
COLUMN: Unemployment figures for Salem can be tricky to translate
A graph from the Oregon Employment Department, released May 19, illustrates job losses during previous recessions and how they compare to the current economic downturn. (Courtesy/Oregon Employment Department) The Salem area unemployment rate took an unprecedented one-month jump from March to April of more than nine points, due to the[Read More…]
Joe Smothers wanted to present a firsthand account of a Salem protest. He ended up capturing a viral moment
Salem Police Sgt. Mike Johnson in a video talking with individuals holding rifles outside of a downtown business. The video, captured by Joe Smothers, has sparked controversy in Salem. (Twitter) Before he went to bed on Monday, June 1, Joe Smothers finished a Facebook Live video of the protests against[Read More…]
School in the fall will include face masks, smaller classes and online learning for some students
Students get off the bus for the first day of school at Bush Elementary. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem schools can resume in-person classes in the fall, but students should expect to see smaller classes, bus drivers wearing masks and logs of contacts to aid in tracing any outbreaks of the[Read More…]
