Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Opponents to the Jordan Cove pipeline held a sit-in at Gov. Kate Brown’s office Thursday. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — Protesters upset over a gas pipeline slated to cut across southern Oregon filled Gov. Kate Brown’s ceremonial office Thursday, vowing to stay until the governor announced her own opposition[Read More…]
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are a list of minor league baseball teams that could lose their major league affiliation under a new MLB proposal. (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer Volcanoes) The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes minor league baseball team is one of 42 teams that could lose their Major League Baseball affiliation. The plan to eliminate the[Read More…]
Uncategorized The state Department of Human Services (Courtesy/State of Oregon) A 15-year-old foster child who awoke to find two state workers having sex near him sued state officials in federal court Tuesday, claiming he had been repeatedly neglected while under state care. The victim, identified in court papers only as YG,[Read More…]
Uncategorized Thomas Joseph (center red shirt) speaks to Gov. Kate Brown via phone to demand she oppose the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline project during a demonstration at the Capitol Thursday. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau) Protesters upset with a proposed gas pipeline cutting across Oregon filled Gov. Kate Brown’s ceremonial office Thursday, vowing[Read More…]
Uncategorized Demolition in progress at the Salem YMCA on Nov. 15, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Customers at Salem’s IKE Box now have courtside seats to the historic YMCA building’s demolition over the coming weeks. By the end of the year, the nearly century-old fitness center downtown and neighboring apartment building will[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Oregon Capitol (Salem Reporter archives) A prominent Salem development company is being fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for polluting a marsh in Monmouth, killing nearby plant life. Regulators found that Mountain West Investment Corp. last January discharged turbid, discolored water from an apartment construction site. The[Read More…]
The Oregon State Capitol (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) SALEM — Oregon’s economy continues to expand and household incomes are growing, but job growth is slowing down and the risk of recession is still present. State economists gave lawmakers their quarterly update on Oregon’s economic landscape on Wednesday morning. Here are five[Read More…]
Uncategorized (Anna CK Smith/Salem Reporter) There’s only one week until Thanksgiving. Wednesday Colorado singer-songwriter Daniel Rodriguez will ply melodic hooks alongside poetic and contemplative folk songs at The Governor’s Cup Wednesday night. The show starts at 6 p.m. 471 Court St NE. Thursday It’s the last weekend to catch Willamette University’s[Read More…]
Senators Ginny Burdick, Jeff Golden and Fred Girod listen to public feedback to a campaign finance reform proposal during a hearing on Tuesday. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) Legislators this week considered a plan intended to impose greater controls on Oregon’s increasingly expensive political campaigns and reduce the influence of money on[Read More…]
SALEM — The job of Oregon secretary of state may not bring fame or fortune, but it’s an essential state post. And politicians are lining up to get it. The race for secretary of state will determine who will manage oversight of state government performance. And the next secretary will[Read More…]
