Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Update: 3/6 10:29 a.m.: A Salem man turned himself into police Thursday after hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving on Southeast McGilchrist Tuesday night. Jerry Lee McKennan, 48, told police he leaned over to pick up his cell phone while driving and didn’t realize he hit a person until[Read More…]
State Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, was the only one of 12 Republican senators to show up for a floor session of the Oregon Senate. The other 11 senators boycotted the session over fierce opposition to pending climate change legislation. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — Sen. Tim Knopp and Rep.[Read More…]
Brennan Kline (Salem Stilt Man) attends the Steampunk Ball iii. (Mary Louise Van Natta/Special to Salem Reporter) Walking around downtown Salem on the night of Feb. 29, you may have noticed people with Victorian-era clothing bearing fantastical mechanical devices. While they could easily be mistaken for “time travelers,” these strangely[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday wrote federal authorities, asking for money and equipment to deal with cornavirus. (Oregon Capital Bureau) Oregon could face a shortage of equipment used to protect health care providers from the coronavirus and rural hospitals could find themselves short-staffed as the state confronts the outbreak, Gov.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Hospital (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) No new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Oregon Tuesday, but health officials say it’s more likely a matter of when, not if, cases appear in Salem. While early response to the disease focused on people traveling to the U.S. from[Read More…]
Uncategorized Staffers work together at the Oregon Health Authority’s Agency Operations Center in response to Coronavirus cases occurring in the state.(Jonathan House/Pamplin Media Group) PORTLAND — The state of Oregon is prepared for a rapid increase in testing for COVID-19 should federal authorities, rattled by a rocky start, expand the criteria[Read More…]
Rick Parks sits in front of a Wurlitzer console, which represents about 2% of the entire theater pipe organ in the Elsinore Theater. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) In the early morning a few times a week, Rick Parks enters the Elsinore Theatre, sits down before a set of three keyboards with[Read More…]
An image of the coronavirus from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The emergence of the coronavirus could put a damper on the unprecedented expansion of the Oregon economy. A full-blown recession could be on the horizon if the virus disrupts supply chains, keeps workers from their jobs[Read More…]
School kids gather in the rotunda of the Capitol on Monday, March 2. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — School kids still visited, their eyes drifting up toward the larger-than-life murals of settlers and farmers. A smattering of lobbyists could be seen chatting in the hallways, weaving in and out[Read More…]
(Courtesy Michael Richardson/Wikimedia Commons) The Oregon Board of Forestry will get an update on a new environmental initiative, approve future legislative proposals and update forest work plans at its upcoming meeting in Salem on Wednesday, March 4. The board is a seven-member panel appointed by the governor that’s charged with[Read More…]
