Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized The World Beat Festival features Indian folk dancing throughout the weekend. (Courtesy/Edgar Peteros) Thousands of people are expected to turn out for this year’s World Beat Festival to enjoy music, food and dancing from around the globe. Organizers recommend coming to the event hungry, as more than a dozen vendors[Read More…]
About 1,000 people gathered in front of the State Capitol Building’s step Thursday morning to rally in protest of HB 2020. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Loggers, truckers, farmers and right-wing activists filled the void created by an exodus of lawmakers and lobbyists from the Capitol on Thursday. Hundreds, if[Read More…]
Sen. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario. SALEM — At least one Senate Republican has returned to Oregon. Sen. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, confirmed Thursday afternoon that he had returned home. The state police had been called off, he said. Oregon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton declined to comment on whether police had been[Read More…]
Uncategorized An attendee of a rally that opposed cap and trade in Oregon stands near one of many tractors that drove to the Capitol on Thursday. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Through speeches and blaring horns, opponents to Oregon’s cap-and-trade proposal made their views clear to state lawmakers Thursday. Local police[Read More…]
Protesters flooded the capitol Thursday in opposition of House Bill 2020. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Trucks parked at the Oregon State Fairgrounds early Thursday before heading to the state Capitol. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Many protesters carried American flags, waving them on the overcast, drizzling morning. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) A man[Read More…]
Logging trucks line up in front of the Oregon Capitol. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Loggers and logging trucks made their way from the fairgrounds in Salem to the Capitol this morning to protest two bills – House Bills 2020 and 2007. A long convoy of logging trucks drove along Court Street[Read More…]
The Oregon Senate chambers remain nearly empty this week as a quorum has not convened. SALEM — A week after they left Salem to protest a sweeping Democratic proposal to address climate change, Republican senators are finding other reasons not to return. The cap-and-trade plan known as House Bill 2020[Read More…]
Uncategorized The World Beat Festival features Indian folk dancing throughout the weekend. (Courtesy/Edgar Peteros) Friday Food, dancing, music and crafts from different cultures will fill Riverfront Park this weekend for the annual World Beat Festival. Founder Kathleen Fish said the event is meant to be joyful and hopeful. “Everybody should be[Read More…]
Uncategorized The intake area of Geren Island, where water from the North Santiam River flows to become drinking water. Water here is on its way to be treated with powdered-activated carbon, if such treatment is underway. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) When Senate Republicans absconded last week, they not only took away a[Read More…]
Uncategorized Sparklers and fireworks on sale at the discount fireworks stand at Commercial Street SE and Bush Street SE in Salem on June 26, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Colorful fireworks stands have popped up around Salem, with vendors offering everything from classic sparklers to pyrotechnics designed to mimic fish, frogs and[Read More…]
