Behind the counter Kyle Layton, Monica Morales, Raeanna Selby listen to Tiffany Bulgin start the toast while Mary Jean Sandall and Mark Bulgin look on at the first anniversary of Isaac’s Coffee, Wine & Dessert. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) It was warm and friendly inside Isaac’s Coffee, Wine[Read More…]
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Uncategorized Snow in Salem? We’ll see.
The Oregon Capitol is blanketed in snow on the morning on Feb. 5, 2019 (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem could see some snow Monday and Tuesday night. There could be up to a few inches. There could be nothing. “On Tuesday night and Wednesday, (Oregon is) more likely to[Read More…]
Uncategorized AGENDA: Apartment building tax exemption, Student Success update on tap for Salem-Keizer school board
The 2019-20 Salem-Keizer School Board (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer school board members will consider a property tax exemption for a 30-unit apartment building at their meeting Tuesday, Jan. 13. Board members will vote on exempting Parke 325, a new building at 325 13th Street NE, as part of the City of[Read More…]
Uncategorized TOP STORIES: News of Salem you might have missed
City librarian Sarah Strahl invites Salem Public Library patrons to leave favorite library memories on a tree in the downtown building (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) With the holidays over, many of you last week dug into email boxes overflowing and tasks needing attention. So, to help you catch Salem news you[Read More…]
Uncategorized SPECIAL REPORT: The region’s busiest ER is in Salem, facing more critical cases and climbing patient counts
Nancy Bee, nurse manager for the Salem Health emergency department, shows a treatment room for a less seriously ill patient. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The sound system crackled to life in the busiest emergency room in the Northwest. “Code blue, three minutes, room seven,” came the announcement. An ambulance was about[Read More…]
Brooks’ antique farm equipment museum makes list of top destinations in Oregon
Tractors rolled through the Great Oregon Steam-Up during a parade in August. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Visitors enjoyed Powerland Heritage Park last year, so much so that it has risen to number nine in a list of 100 favorite destinations in Oregon. The list is distributed by Oregon Business each year,[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Salem Public Library is moving in a few weeks. Here’s what you need to know
A library-goer checks out a book at Salem Public Library. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) A butcher paper tree is taped to the wall at the Salem Public Library between the nonfiction new arrivals and the fiction stacks. A sign on a nearby table invites visitors to take a post-it[Read More…]
After 30 years, CCTV is looking for a new executive director
Alan Bushong. (Courtesy/CCTV) A new era is about to dawn at CCTV Salem after its first and only executive director announced he’s seeking a replacement. Alan Bushong, who helped spearhead the area’s nonprofit community media center, is retiring after 30 years on the job. Bushong was instrumental to getting local[Read More…]
New task force examines overlooked issue of labor trafficking in Oregon
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon attorney general Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has launched a new task force intended to address the overlooked issue of forced labor. In 2007, lawmakers passed a bill creating the crime of involuntary servitude, where a person forces, threatens or coerces another person into performing labor or[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem parks board opposes designating parks for homeless campers
People stand near tents at Oregon State Capitol State Park in December. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) The Salem Parks and Recreation Advisory Board doesn’t want homeless residents camping in city parks. In a draft letter dated Jan. 9, board member Kasia Quillinan told Salem City Council the board disapproved[Read More…]
