Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As Oregon scrambles to ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus, the nearly 248,000 Oregonians without health insurance could face bills for seeing a doctor or other providers to get tests ordered. The test itself won’t[Read More…]
Paul De Muniz will be awarded First Citizen at a banquet Saturday night. (Courtesy/Willamette University) Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Paul De Muniz will take the top award at Saturday’s First Citizen banquet. First Citizens are nominated for improving the lives of those in the community through business, volunteering and[Read More…]
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon attorney general Telecommunications companies, imposters as well as auto sales and repair companies topped the list of consumer complaints filed with the Oregon Department of Justice. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has released the department’s annual Top Ten Consumer Complaints list that was compiled by the more[Read More…]
A Salem city employee who claims he endured harassment from his supervisor because of his race has sued in U.S. District Court. Jose Botello, a former fleet maintenance technician who is Latino, claims in the lawsuit that his supervisor, Michael Gandolfi, told him in September 2018 that he could be[Read More…]
Uncategorized Art covers the walls as the Salem Art Association prepares for the opening of its annual Young Artists Showcase on March 6, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For the next month, Salem Art Association’s upstairs gallery will be covered floor to ceiling with hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures and more. It’s[Read More…]
Uncategorized Costco has been selling out of toilet paper since news spread that the first COVID-19 case was detected in Oregon last weekend. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) As word that the first case of COVID-19 had reached Oregon last week, home supplies flew of the shelves. Stores sold out of hand sanitizer,[Read More…]
Staffers work together at the Oregon Heath Authority’s Agency Operations Center in response to Coronavirus cases occurring in the state.(Jonathan House/Pamplin Media Group) Here’s some good news about the coronavirus in Oregon: it’s not an emergency — at least not officially. Currently, in Oregon 115 people are being monitored for[Read More…]
House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney speak to reporters on Thursday in the Capitol as they closed down the Legislature over missing Republicans. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — In an extraordinary move, Democratic legislators on Thursday effectively ended the contentious and gridlocked 2020 Legislature, killing key[Read More…]
Uncategorized An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most large private Oregon insurers will waive the patients’ share in the cost of testing for COVID-19, Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced Thursday afternoon as the state braces for a growing number of cases of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized A tree in Minto-Brown Island Park. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Salem is expanding its parks system after two land purchases in recent years, one in south Salem and another in northeast Salem, that total more than 60 acres. Patricia Farrell, parks and natural resources planning manager, said a piece of property[Read More…]
