Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized A stack of counted and signed ballot envelopes at the Marion County Elections Office on Tuesday, May 19. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Lately, Marion County Clerk Bill Burgess gets heartburn thinking about voters who wait until the week before Election Day to vote. He’s worried about making sure their ballots will[Read More…]
Wild Pear in downtown Salem urges diners to get takeout during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) There’s a lot going on in business in Salem. To help keep you up to speed, the Salem Reporter is providing a semi-regular roundup of business-related items including new business openings, locations, grant[Read More…]
Uncategorized A portion of the information health workers fill out when interviewing an Oregonian diagnosed with Covid. (Oregon Health Authority screenshot) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Salem Reporter has fielded dozens of[Read More…]
In a spray of water, a Mallard Duck gets a running start while taking off from the Willamette River near Riverfront Park (John Svendsen/Special to Salem Reporter)
Uncategorized Katrina Rothenberger, incident commander, holds up an activity log at the Marion County Health and Human Services COVID-19 incident command on Monday, July 13. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Before the pandemic, Susan McLauchlin supervised Marion County’s health promotion and prevention team. The team worked with members of the community to help prevent suicide,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Tent sites at Wallace Marine Park on Wednesday, May 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Local health providers see low rates of Covid in Salem’s unsheltered population One Salem population appears to be[Read More…]
Uncategorized A Salem man is being charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a loss prevention officer at the west Salem Goodwill while trying to shoplift Friday morning. Sean Graham, 49, was stealing items from Goodwill and stabbed the store’s loss prevention officer, 33-year-old Matthew Thompson, when he detained him around[Read More…]
Uncategorized Andrea Davila, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente North Lancaster clinic administers a test for COVID-19 at the clinic’s drive-thru testing site on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] The number[Read More…]
Uncategorized [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] Salem Reporter turned to various experts to find out answers to questions from readers ranging from how many people are asymptomatic to who can get tested. The Marion County Health Department,[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) [ NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing this information free as a community service. You can support dissemination by subscribing. ] ONTARIO – The unrelenting spread of the coronavirus in Malheur County prompted Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday to move the community back a level in[Read More…]
