A closed sign in Macy’s at Salem Center. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) EDITOR’S NOTE: Your support matters. A monthly subscription to Salem Reporter starts at $5. Go HERE. Unemployment for the Salem area increased to 13.3% in April, a sizable jump from last month’s 4.1%. The numbers, released Wednesday by the state Employment[Read More…]
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Salem’s historic parks get a fresh look and plans for future work
Pam Wasson is the executive director of Lord & Schryver Conservancy. Members of her group maintain the historic gardens at Deepwood Museum and Gardens. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) This time next year a plan is expected to be ready to guide the city of Salem in making decisions about how to[Read More…]
After judge sticks with ruling, challenge to governor’s orders heads to Supreme Court
Pastor Scott Erickson stands in front of a tent used for Sunday services at Peoples Church on Tuesday, May 19. The church is among 10 that signed on to a lawsuit challenging state orders that have restricted religious services. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) EDITOR’S NOTE: Your support matters. A monthly subscription to[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Food flows to needy Salem families as pandemic impacts persist
Christy Perry, Salem-Keizer School District superintendent, carries a stack of boxes over to a car during a Farm to Families food box program distribution on Friday, May 22, at Washington Elementary School. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In April, Marion Polk Food Share handed out one million pounds of food to help[Read More…]
Salem library starts pilot curbside pickup program for holds placed during pandemic
Shelves at the Salem Public Library’s Broadway Street location on Feb. 18. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem bookworms running out of reading material are in luck. The Salem Public Library, which has been closed since March 16, is now offering curbside pickup by appointment for holds placed before or during the[Read More…]
Produce flows to Salem families under federal program as need remains high
Jordan Hagedorn, a communications coordinator with the school district, grabs a bag of onions to be given away during a Farm to Families food box program distribution on Friday, May 22 at Washington Elementary School. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Fresh broccoli, baby carrots and lettuce that would once have been destined[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer budget committee considers $1.5 billion budget with COVID impacts still unknown
The Salem-Keizer budget committee in a May 19, 2020 meeting. Salem-Keizer’s budget committee will vote Tuesday night on a $1.5 billion district budget that represents an unlikely best-case scenario for Oregon’s second-largest school district in the coming year. The 233 page document, drafted before the coronavirus pandemic blew a hole[Read More…]
VIDEO: A Salem icon, Court Street Dairy Lunch, was among restaurants seating diners again
Marlene Blanchard, owner of Court Street Dairy Lunch, awaits the lunch crowd following a busy breakfast service during the first phase of Salem’s reopening on Friday, May 22. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Since 1929, the Court Street Dairy Lunch has been one of those local restaurants that you find out more[Read More…]
State plans to announce soon details on how Salem schools can open in the fall
Mary Eyre Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Parents, teachers and school superintendents will find out in early June how schools are expected to function this fall after months of being closed. Colt Gill, director of the Oregon Department of Education, said in an interview that the[Read More…]
Salem council results indicate voters prefer a progressive agenda
Campaign signs in the Marion County Democrats office in downtown Salem on Friday, May 22, indicate support for progressive candidates for Salem City Council. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem continues to head down a progressive path if Tuesday’s election results say anything about the makeup of the city. Salem city politics[Read More…]
