Center 50+, a city-run senior center, closed on Monday, March 16 and starting offering drive-up meals for seniors. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to sustain this service. Please join us. A local government[Read More…]
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Uncategorized THE LATEST: News from around Oregon, the NW on the outbreak
Oregon Army National Guard soldiers set up a temporary medical facility at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem on Thursday, March 19, 2020 (Courtesy Zachary Holden/Oregon National Guard) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to sustain this[Read More…]
Oregon childcare providers must prioritize essential workers or close, state says
With most students absent during the COVID-19 pandemic, children get extra outdoor time at the Oregon Child Development Coalition’s North Lancaster preschool on March 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Childcare[Read More…]
Uncategorized In Salem area, police plan to be educators about state’s new stay home order
Jesse Davis, Salem-Keizer School District security field coordinator, tapes off the Englewood Elementary School playground on March 23, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to sustain this service. Please join us. No one[Read More…]
Salem adopts sit-lie ban a week after emergency declaration cleared downtown streets of homeless people
After its third attempt in as many years, the Salem City Council on Monday banned sitting or lying on city sidewalks during the day, effective once certain provisions are met. The ban comes on the heels of an emergency declaration on March 17 that prohibited loitering on sidewalks and partially[Read More…]
Uncategorized Watch the Oregon National Guard set up a mobile hospital
Oregon Army National Guard soldiers set up a temporary medical facility at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem on Thursday, March 19, 2020 (Courtesy Zachary Holden/Oregon National Guard) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. The Oregon[Read More…]
Governor quits pleading, directs Oregonians to stay home and more businesses to close
Gov. Kate Brown announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month for vital for this to continue. Gov. Kate Brown[Read More…]
In Salem, more lights going out as restaurants close, government agencies lock the doors
Salem’s downtown during the lunch hour on Thursday, March 19. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month for vital for this to continue. Salem is about to become even more quiet. Marion County[Read More…]
Uncategorized Stay at home, perhaps coming to Oregon, is already the rule in Los Angeles, nation’s second largest urban area
The departures level at Los Angeles International Airport is deserted on March 22. (David Zaitz/Special to Salem Reporter) Increasing restrictions on public movement loom for Oregon, following other states and urban areas that have already shut down in an attempt to stop community spread of the coronavirus. So what does[Read More…]
COMMENTARY: Salem, let’s pull together now to stop this virus
Make no mistake – Salem is in for a rough time. How we emerge from this pandemic depends on what we all do today, and it shouldn’t take government ordering us to act. As of Sunday, there were 19 reported cases of people in Marion County infected with COVID-19. A[Read More…]
