Les Zaitz, editor and CEO of Salem Reporter. Life in Salem is profoundly changing and Salem Reporter is determined to help the community cope. In just recent days, consider what has changed. Every public school is closed, putting 40,000 students from kindergarten to high school at home and on hold.[Read More…]
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The Legislature is expected to convene to take up the coronavirus outbreak. But it’s not clear what legislation will be considered
Oregon State Capitol, Legislature (Salem Reporter/file) 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. Update: This story has been updated to include information about money available to legislators during a special session. With[Read More…]
Uncategorized Turner City Hall closes indefinitely after employee’s spouse tests positive for COVID-19
Turner City Hall (Courtesy/City of Turner) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Turner City Hall will be closed indefinitely after a city employee’s spouse tested positive for COVID-19. The city of about 2,200 is a few[Read More…]
Uncategorized THE LATEST: Headlines from around Oregon, the NW on the outbreak
Guidelines for patients with respiratory illness posted on the back door of Salem Health’s clinic on River Road South on March 16, 2020 . NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. This digest provides all-in-one-place[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem restaurants, bars lay off workers after dining-in ban takes effect
People shop in downtown Salem in the winter. (Caleb Wolfe/Special to 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. Birthday celebrations, anniversary dinners and family gatherings in restaurants have to be[Read More…]
As coronavirus pandemic enters ‘stark new phase,’ hospitals prepare for a shortage of beds
Treatment rooms for seriously ill patients in the Salem Hospital emergency department are larger to allow more people and medical equipment inside (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…]
Uncategorized In one day, Salem-Keizer puts together plan to feed thousands of kids out of school
Shelli Dehut passes out free lunches to students at Hoover Elementary School on March 16, 2020, the first day of a statewide public school closure. (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. School officials[Read More…]
Could Oregon health care leaders unite under ‘coronavirus czar?’
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons). NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Does Oregon need a coronavirus czar? Some think so. Health care leaders in Oregon are pushing for the creation of a unified[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Health among first Oregon providers offering private COVID-19 testing at single Salem clinic
Guidelines for patients with respiratory illness posted on the back door of Salem Health’s clinic on River Road South on March 16, 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. Salem Health is now[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marion County declares state of emergency due to COVID-19
Marion County Courthouse. (Caleb Wolf/Special to 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 declared a state of emergency Monday to address the spread of COVID-19, putting the county’s emergency operation plan into effect[Read More…]
