Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Customers browse through the Thursday West Salem Farmer’s Market on Edgewater Street which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. until mid-September. On Saturdays, the Salem Saturday Market runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 865 Marion St. N.E. with extra precautions because of COVID-19. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Uncategorized Two people walk through Willamette University on May 15. 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Willamette University is furloughing 80 employees for two months and laying off 37 workers in the latest move to balance the budget amid revenue hits from event cancellations and dorm closures. The university’s Board of Trustees approved[Read More…]
Uncategorized The sign at The ARCHES Project. (Anthony McGuire/Special to Salem Reporter) Marion County residents struggling to pay rent because of economic hardships brought on by COVID-19 can soon get a leg up from the area’s poverty assistance agency. The Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency is giving away more than $2[Read More…]
Claims for unemployment benefits continue to drop in Marion and Polk counties. For the week of May 10, 982 people in Marion County filed for initial unemployment benefits, a decrease from 1,750 the previous week. In Polk County, 237 people filed for unemployment benefits the same week, a drop from[Read More…]
Oregon State Penitentiary (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) An inmate in at Oregon State Penitentiary who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, according to the Department of Corrections. According to the department, the inmate died on May 20, at a hospital, and was between 50 and 60 years old. The individual’s next of[Read More…]
Principals Suzanne Leonard, left, Julia DeWitt and Andrew Schiefer will take over new Salem-Keizer middle schools in the fall of 2020 (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer School District) Houck Middle School will have a new administration in the fall, part of a district effort to shift the school’s focus to helping students struggling with[Read More…]
Uncategorized Brandon Peterson, of Salem, heads back to his car after picking up a to-go order from Noble Wave in downtown Salem on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion and Polk county residents will soon be able to grab a meal at a restaurant or go to church after Gov.[Read More…]
A homeless person sets up a tarp along a downtown street in March, 2020. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Legal advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon wrote a letter to the Salem City Council and Mayor Chuck Bennett Tuesday, arguing that the city is using the coronavirus pandemic to push homeless people out[Read More…]
The Oregon State Capitol canceled a Cherry Blossom Festival scheduled in March due to COVID-19. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Cuts to schools and other public services as well as a reduction to the number of state jobs could be on the way as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to[Read More…]
Uncategorized A ballot box on Tuesday, May 19. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem elected a stay-at-home mom, an emergency room doctor and a lawyer to represent Salem’s various wards, according to the most recent election results. There were five seats up for grabs on Salem’s council, with candidates spending close to $200,000[Read More…]
