Avi Singh draws up a dose of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion and Polk counties will begin vaccinating agricultural workers and adults 45 and older with underlying health conditions against Covid starting March 22.[Read More…]
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How the pandemic is frustrating Salem library patrons
Angela Rodman holds her daughter, Harper, 3, while teaching a geography lesson to her older children, Bennett, 9, left, and Ainsleigh, 7, during homeschooling on Friday, March 12, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) In recent months, Angela Rodman has driven 30 minutes from Salem to libraries in Dallas or McMinnville to[Read More…]
Watch Gov. Brown, Oregon health officials announce vaccine schedule changes at 11 a.m.
Gov. Kate Brown announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12, 2020. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) At 11 a.m. Friday, Gov. Kate Brown and state health officials are expected to announce a quicker timeline for Covid vaccine eligibility in Oregon. Pat Allen, director of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized New bubble exhibit will welcome the first kids back to Gilbert House
Gilbert House Children’s Museum on Friday, March 12, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A ghostly ping echoes off the walls inside the Gilbert House Children’s Museum. The historic home near Riverfront Park would normally be filled with the sounds of children calling a friend to join them in a blanket fort[Read More…]
Deadline approaching for Chemeketa Foundation scholarships
Chemeketa Community College on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Students attending Chemeketa Community College in the fall have until March 31 to apply for scholarships from the college’s foundation. Applications are now open. Completing one application allows students to be considered for more than 140 scholarships and assistance funds[Read More…]
Neighborhood by neighborhood, a new project wants to change the odds for Salem’s kids
Hallman Elementary students gather during the school’s morning assembly in March 2019. (Fred Joe/Special to Salem Reporter) In the decades he led Salem’s Catholic Community Services, Jim Seymour’s job was to help kids and families with health care, housing and other needs in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Some lessons stuck[Read More…]
Oregonians will have more time to get their state and federal tax returns in
Ranch Records in downtown Salem held a going out of business sale in July after 38 years in business. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon Department of Revenue has moved the deadline to file state income taxes to Monday, May 17, giving Oregonians an additional month. The Internal Revenue Service earlier[Read More…]
Map shows trail, recreation closures from wildfires
Fishermen’s Bend Recreation Site on Oregon Highway 22 west of Mill City was heavily damaged by the Beachie Creek Fire. (Pool photo by Rob Schumacher/Statesman Journal) Oregon Wildfire Response launched a map Wednesday that shows which trailheads and recreation sites are closed following last year’s wildfires. MAP LINK “There was[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marion County: A year of “fire, ice and isolation”
Colm Willis, Marion County commissioner, sits in on a homeless alliance executive meeting video conference on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Marion County commissioner Colm Willis said if someone had told him the county would be challenged by Covid, wildfires and a recent ice storm, he would have “told[Read More…]
As camping season approaches, Oregon state parks hope for a return to “normal”
Visitors make s’mores during a July 2019 camping trip at Silver Falls State Park (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation) The campground at Detroit Lake State Park could reopen this summer following extensive repairs as Oregon’s state parks system hopes to return to a more normal season in 2021. Numbers[Read More…]
