A new portal on the city of Salem’s website allows residents to voice concerns about dangerous pedestrian crossings. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Salem residents now have a new way to express concerns about dangerous pedestrian crossings through an online application on the city of Salem website. So far, more[Read More…]
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Chemeketa hits lowest number of students in more than a decade
Chemeketa Community College (File/Salem Reporter) Enrollment at Chemeketa Community College is the lowest it’s been in over a decade, with 625 fewer students this fall than compared to last year. Nearly 11,900 students were taking a course at Chemeketa the fourth week of fall quarter, according to state data released[Read More…]
New plan to clamp Oregon’s industrial emissions spares rural areas
SALEM — The environmental plan that launched a thousand logging trucks is getting a makeover in the Oregon Senate. Private negotiations among state senators have led to a new legislative concept. It’s the skeleton of what could be a new system to gradually clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions from[Read More…]
Keizer’s Holiday Light Parade expected to dazzle tens of thousands
The Keizer Holiday Lights Parade starts at 7 p.m. Saturday on North River Road. (Courtesy/ Keizer Police Department) The Holiday Lights Parade is nearly here, and organizers are expecting more people at the event with the recent opening of burger chain In-N-Out. Danielle Bethell, executive director of the Keizer Chamber[Read More…]
They used to live on the streets. Now they hand out sleeping bags.
Max Marshall opens a trailer to unload donations to be passed out by Be Bold Street Ministries (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A dozen volunteers formed an assembly line out the door of the south Salem Big 5 Sporting Goods, just a few minutes before the store opened Friday morning. They filled[Read More…]
Across Oregon, legislators are leaving to pursue new careers or escape Capitol ‘rancor’
SALEM — Legislators who have played key roles in Oregon public policy in recent years are heading for the exit. Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland, might author another book. Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, D-Gresham, is yearning for some “alone time.” Sen. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, is aiming for Capitol Hill. And Sen.[Read More…]
Homeless women in Salem get new chance for a safe night indoors
Rhonda Wolf, CEO of United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, shows one of the rooms used for Safe Sleep, a new shelter for homeless women at Inside Out Ministries (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) A new shelter for homeless women in central Salem has sprung to life in just a few months[Read More…]
Need a Christmas ornament? Head into the forest.
Ornaments are hidden on trails throughout the Willamette National Forest until Jan. 1. (Courtesy Willamette Valley Visitors Association) Want to join a scavenger hunt? Look no further than Salem’s backyard. Until the new year, hikers will have a chance to find droplet-shaped glass ornaments hidden along trails in Willamette National[Read More…]
Salem Health opening its largest clinic yet in Woodburn
A new Salem Health clinic opens January 2020 in Woodburn (Courtesy/Salem Health) Woodburn residents will soon have a new option for medical care when a new Salem Health clinic and urgent care facility opens in January. The Salem-based healthcare provider is expanding into the city of 25,000 because of the[Read More…]
PHOTOS: YMCA demolition and Salem Peace Mosaic preservation
Staton demolition workers bring down the remaining pieces of the Salem YMCA on Dec. 11, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Field superintendent Jayson Valech paused as a piece of concrete crashed down, the force of the impact reverberating down Northeast Court Street. “It never gets old,” he said. Valech is with[Read More…]