Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Dr. Michael Sjoding (Courtesy photo) As Michael Sjoding began caring for more Covid patients in the spring of 2020, he noticed something concerning. Sjoding, who was born and raised in Salem, is now a doctor specializing in critical care pulmonology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.[Read More…]
Thomas Nabhan, executive director of Theatre 33 At Willamette University, stands at the entrance to the Willamette University Theatre. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Kiele Jarnagin jumped at the chance to participate in a free play-writing course offered to high schoolers by Theatre 33 at Willamette University. The McNary High School sophomore[Read More…]
PPE during a free drive-through testing clinic at Woodburn Ambulance Service on Tuesday, Aug. 25. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is published as part of “The Human Toll,” a statewide collaboration of news organizations sharing stories about the human impacts of the Covid pandemic. Salem Reporter is part[Read More…]
Uncategorized Lt. Jason Van Meter of the Salem Police Department embraces a protester at a rally held on Monday June 11, 2020, at the Capitol. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) TOP STORIES: Covid outbreaks, empty schools and holding government accountable – a reporter’s look at Salem’s year Reporter Rachel Alexander, who covers education[Read More…]
Protesters face off with police after an unlawful assembly was declared in downtown Salem on Friday, Jan. 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Dueling protests took center stage in Salem on New Year’s Day, disrupting traffic and life in downtown Salem and carrying a threat of violence. One crowd gathered at the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Police keep back the crowd while making an arrest in downtown Salem during a far-right protest against Covid restrictions on Friday, Jan. 1. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) An “extremely dangerous” situation involving two New Year’s Day protests in Salem was kept under control by a heavy police presence that resulted in[Read More…]
Michael Chauran hugs Colton Lee, whose family owns the property that Chauran and his wife live on and that was burned in the fires, on Wednesday, September 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem Reporter staff put together a compilation of their favorite photos of this year. The photos span from the[Read More…]
Uncategorized An employee of 3R’s Construction adjusts a respirator mask in early 2020 while helping with the company’s free disinfection of first response vehicles. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) When I turned in my cameras at the end of my final shift as a photojournalist with the Statesman Journal almost exactly 20 years[Read More…]
Joe Gutierrez, 42, poses for a picture outside of his Hermiston home on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Gutierrez spent 78 days in the hospital due to Covid and continues to undergo therapy as a result. (Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian) EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is published as part of “The Human Toll,”[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon State Police, the Salem Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office plan extra staffing on New Year’s Day in anticipation of four separate protests. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) This story was updated to include a petition to stop the planned march signed by more than 50,000 people. Salem and[Read More…]
