Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized A closed sign in Macy’s at Salem Center. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Day by day across Salem, doors are locked, lights go out and more people find they are without a job. Still, key businesses continue to function to keep the community fed and fueled. Grocers and hardware stores, some putting[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis signs a letter to Gov. Kate Brown on Saturday, March 21, calling for stronger quarantine measures statewide. 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. A consortium[Read More…]
Uncategorized Center 50+, a city-run senior center, closed on Monday, March 16, and started 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 help support this. This new digest provides all-in-one-place access[Read More…]
The estimated number of people likely to need hospital services in the state of Oregon, based on computer simulations performed by Oregon Health and Science University. (Source: OHSU) 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[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) SALEM – A Marion County resident has died from the COVID-19 disease, the first death in the county and the fourth reported in Oregon, according to Marion County officials. The announcement was made in a statement Friday[Read More…]
Uncategorized Barbara Halliday lives at Bonaventure Salem and recounted how life has changed because of COVID-19. (Courtesy/ Barbara Halliday) 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. Barbara Halliday has lived at Bonaventure Salem for[Read More…]
Uncategorized Cheryl Nestor Wolfe, CEO of Salem Health, addresses a COVID-19 incident command meeting on March 19, 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. Supplies of masks, gowns and other protective equipment are running[Read More…]
The Oregon State Capitol canceled a Cherry Blossom Festival scheduled in March due to COVID-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 help support this. Across Oregon, schools and restaurants[Read More…]
Uncategorized Teresa and Jerry Miranda together at church (Courtesy/Jerry Miranda) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. For decades, Pastor Jerry Miranda has done everything with his wife Teresa by his side. But since Sunday, March 15, he’s[Read More…]
Bath and Body Works in the Willamette Town Center is among many Salem retailers closed. (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 – Two key Oregon legislators are proposing a 90-day plan for[Read More…]
