Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized People camp downtown, along the former home of Nordstrom, on Jan. 7. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) 4:15 p.m.: This article has been updated with more detail from city of Salem staff. The city of Salem plans to close and clean parts of downtown on Thursday and Friday where homeless residents have[Read More…]
Marion County Courthouse (File/Salem Reporter) A local woman has sued the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for nearly $10 million after a church counselor reported her husband’s confession of sexually abusing a minor. According to the lawsuit, in 2016 Kristine Johnson learned that her husband, Timothy, had sexually[Read More…]
Uncategorized People camp downtown, along the former home of Nordstrom. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Attempts to establish new emergency shelter for homeless Salem residents fell short again and again in recent weeks and the search party says the outcome’s not likely to change. “It’s been one strikeout after another,” said Jimmy Jones,[Read More…]
Sen. Brian Boquist reflects on his political and military careers at his Dallas farm. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) A federal judge compared state Sen. Brian Boquist to the actor Clint Eastwood and a playground bully Tuesday in dismissing the Dallas Republican’s claims that Senate President Peter Courtney and others attempted to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Police Department Lt. Treven Upkes. (Courtesy/FBI) For 10 weeks last fall, two local law enforcement agents went back to school. They went to classes every day, bunked up with roommates and ate at a cafeteria. No, this isn’t the plot of “21 Jump Street.” Marion County Sheriff’s Office Lt.[Read More…]
A school lunch served at Englewood Elementary School on May 20, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer families owe the school district nearly half a million dollars for unpaid school breakfasts and lunches, most of it accumulated since a 2017 state law change required districts to feed all students even if[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon white oak. (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) Wallace Marine Park is about to get a little greener. On Saturday, Jan. 11 Friends of Trees, a Portland nonprofit, is hosting a tree planting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The group will be planting 50 trees of various species at the north end[Read More…]
Sen. Brian Boquist talks legal strategy from his home office, where he has started spending hours each day learning how to draft motions for his lawsuits against Senate President Peter Courtney. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by state Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas, that accused[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Marion County’s Courthouse Square Building in downtown Salem. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Whether a piece of church-owned property in the Four Corners neighborhood can become housing will be the subject of a public hearing Wednesday. Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church wants to turn nearly two acres south[Read More…]
Uncategorized A Salem police evidence marker indicates a possible bullet hole from an early Sunday shooting on Aug. 18 on Northeast Pine Street that killed a woman and hospitalized a man. (Salem Reporter/Aubrey Wieber) Since offering a cash reward for information on last summer’s fatal shooting at a bar, the Salem[Read More…]
