There’s no waiting in line these days at the food trucks that make up The Yard. Customers are scarce, but the food truck operators are determined to dish out good food and good service to those who show up at the east Salem facility. (Jean Dion/Special to Salem Reporter) NOTE:[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Marion County has the highest documented COVID-19 rate in the state. No one is sure why.
The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (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. Marion County is posting the highest documented infection rate in the state for COVID-19 but authorities say[Read More…]
Uncategorized PHOTO GALLERY: Signs of the times crop up across Salem
Signs in windows and doorways throughout Salem are alerting residents to changing business hours and access limits as life adjusts to pandemic times. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) In many ways, signs tell the story. Signs of warning. Signs of sorrow. Signs of determination. Signs of hope. Signs of solidarity. Hand-written or[Read More…]
PHOTOS: With joy, local teachers and their students cheer each other – from a distance
Teacher Cortney Clendening from Clear Lake Elementary School, destined now to do distance learning, went on parade Friday, April 3, in Keizer to say hello to students. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) With the school year likely to finish up with students at home, teachers from two Salem-Keizer School District schools formed[Read More…]
Uncategorized Teachers at Clear Lake, Chapman Hill parade through neighborhoods to wave at students
Students wave to their Clear Lake Elementary School teachers during a parade on April 3, 2020 (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Dozens of teachers, office staff, principals and classroom aides from two[Read More…]
Uncategorized Cherriots to resume some bus service Tuesday
A sign at the downtown transit center announcing Cherriots suspended service on Tuesday, March 31. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Salem’s public transit provider will resume some operations Tuesday, April 7 after[Read More…]
Department of Consumer and Business Services gets a new director
Andrew Stolfi. (Courtesy/Governor’s office) Oregon’s largest business regulatory and consumer protection department has a new head. Gov. Kate Brown has appointed Andrew Stolfi to serve as the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. “I believe strongly in our mission of consumer protection,” said Stolfi in a statement.[Read More…]
Uncategorized For one Salem congregation, church goes on in the era of social distancing
In this screenshot from a March 29, 2020 service, Pastor Lew Wootan preaches at The River to a more socially distant congregation. NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. As churches, synagogues and houses of worship around[Read More…]
How one Salem company is helping out with the shortage of personal protective equipment
Nadia Kifyak and Russ Monk, managers at WaterShed, Inc., try on new medical gowns that their company has recently begun producing in response to the shortage of personal protective equipment. (Caleb Wolf/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community[Read More…]
Computers, apps, chats and gloves: Salem’s churches turn to new tools to stay connected
Jon Lemmond, lead pastor at Trinity Covenant Church in Salem, now records Sunday sermons and posts them online so that parishioners can view them from home amid social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community[Read More…]
