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As school closure extends to six weeks, Salem-Keizer grapples with instruction, meals, graduation

Jared Vergara Santana, left, Evelyn Francis, right, Iris Johnson, right back and Lillyana Green, back left, work on newspaper articles at Hoover Elementary School. (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. Salem-Keizer leaders are[Read More…]

Legislative panel tasked with coronavirus response presented with a bleak overview of the outbreak and possible responses

Oregon State Capitol FILE (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) DATE: 9/17/19 NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt daily life across Oregon, legislators had their first discussion on[Read More…]

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Kaiser Permanente shuts down some clinics to free up space for sick patients

Rick Segal, left, and Carmelo Mejia, internal medicine doctors with Kaiser Permanente in Salem, type notes during a shift at Salem Free Clinic (Rachel Alexander/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 help support this.[Read More…]

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Coronavirus economic advisory council examining every option in providing support to Oregonians

A sign in the window of Coin Jam on March 17, 2020 announcing a closure during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rachel Alexander/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 help support this. A team of Oregon’s[Read More…]

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Awesome 3000 postponed until August

Books fill the downtown office of the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation on Dec. 17, 2019 (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. The Salem-Keizer Education Foundation’s signature event, the Awesome 3000, will be postponed until[Read More…]

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Day by day, life in Salem is changing as Oregon confronts coronavirus outbreak

Downtown streets Salem were unusually empty in the afternoon on Tuesday, March 17. (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 help support this. People can now ride anywhere in Salem for free on[Read More…]

Salem declares state of emergency, bans loitering on sidewalks and allows city camping

The Salem City Council declared a state of emergency on March 17, a move that will prohibit people from loitering on public property. (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 help support this.[Read More…]