Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Art teacher Brenda Dobbins slides a ring made of a recycled seltzer can onto the finger of Leslie Villaseñor, a 6th grade student at Leslie Middle School, during art class at 2019 migrant summer school. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) More than 200,000 Oregon kids who want to enroll in an after[Read More…]
SALEM — Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, is out of the Capitol this week while being treated for a hip injury at Oregon Health & Science University, according to his office. Courtney’s absence occurs as state lawmakers convene in the Capitol for a series of meetings in preparation for the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem-Keizer superintendent Christy Perry passes out portraits from Hallman Elementary School students at a Jan. 14, 2020 school board meeting (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer school board members got a framed surprise at an otherwise uneventful Tuesday night meeting. To celebrate Oregon’s School Board Recognition Month, students at Hallman and Myers[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marion County Courthouse (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) A couple of contracts involving the Marion County Sheriff’s Office will headline the Marion County Board of Commissioners’ regular meeting Wednesday. First up is whether to accept a contract that would pay the law enforcement agency $250,000 over a multi-year contract to[Read More…]
Uncategorized A 3D design student paints the backdrop ahead of a CTEC fashion show Thursday. (Courtesy/ Sina Zimmerman) Cupcakes. Secret agents. A drone half-time show. All that and more will be on display when students from Salem-Keizer’s Career Technical Education Center hit the runway Thursday night for the CTEC Extravaganza. Titled[Read More…]
Uncategorized Cheryl Nester Wolfe, Salem Heath president and CEO, turns over dirt on the site of a new hospital building during a groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 14, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) One hundred twenty-four years ago, a group of citizens stood on a street corner in what’s now downtown Salem to[Read More…]
People sleep on mats at a warming shelter at First Presbyterian Church during a cold snap in 2019. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Update Jan. 14, 2:45 p.m.: The city of Salem announced in a press release Salem City Council will discuss declaring the emergency at a Jan. 21 meeting. Salem City[Read More…]
Uncategorized A Salem man was taken into custody at an east Salem grocery store Sunday after employees noticed him as a suspected thief and called the Salem Police Department. Franco Armando Moreno, Jr., 31, was pushing a cart full of goods at the Fred Meyer on 3740 Market St. N.E. when[Read More…]
Rep. Paul Evans plays a campaign commercial on his phone in his Capitol office. Evans made the commercial in response to attack ads from his opponent, Selma Pierce. The commercial is from the perspective of his dog, Beau, to set the record straight. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) State Rep. Paul Evans[Read More…]
Uncategorized Doug Pendleton, a former resident of Cascades Gateway Park, pictured in September, shows the inside of the van he lives in. Pendleton said he’d use a car camping program if Salem enacts one. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Doug Pendleton was woken Monday at 7 a.m. and drove to the Walmart parking[Read More…]
