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Businesses prepare as the floodgate on federal relief money is lifted

Salem’s downtown during the lunch hour on Thursday, March 19. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today. Much-anticipated money from the $2 trillion federal stimulus package could[Read More…]

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Oregon inmate in Salem tests positive for COVID-19, the first in the state prison system

Oregon State Penitentiary (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today. The Oregon Department of Corrections Thursday night reported what it had long expected – the first instance of[Read More…]

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Two deputies test positive for COVID-19 at Marion County Jail

Marion County Courthouse exterior. NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Two Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies who worked at the Marion County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, the agency announced late Thursday afternoon. When asked[Read More…]

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Salem parents swarm schools to snap up computer laptops as class-at-home looms

Angel Gallardo takes two Chromebooks from instructional assistant Marissa Vraafladt during a distribution event at McKay High School on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Parents and students caused an[Read More…]

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