In this screenshot from a March 29, 2020 service, Pastor Lew Wootan preaches at The River to a more socially distant congregation. NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. As churches, synagogues and houses of worship around[Read More…]
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How one Salem company is helping out with the shortage of personal protective equipment
Nadia Kifyak and Russ Monk, managers at WaterShed, Inc., try on new medical gowns that their company has recently begun producing in response to the shortage of personal protective equipment. (Caleb Wolf/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community[Read More…]
Computers, apps, chats and gloves: Salem’s churches turn to new tools to stay connected
Jon Lemmond, lead pastor at Trinity Covenant Church in Salem, now records Sunday sermons and posts them online so that parishioners can view them from home amid social distancing guidelines. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community[Read More…]
To catch the changes in life, Salem Reporter puts new photography team to work
Pastor Jerry Miranda hugs Teresa, his wife of 38 years, as she’s released from Salem Hospital on April 2, 2020 after recovering from a serious case of COVID-19 (Amanda Loman/Special to Salem Reporter) As the global pandemic took its hold on Salem, the city changed. “Closed” became the sign of[Read More…]
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…]
PHOTOS: Not exactly the first day of school, but Salem students ready to resume studies
Emily Feskens, a registrar at Barbara Roberts High School, hands out two Chromebooks to Nadie Cruz of Salem 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[Read More…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Separated for weeks, Salem couple reunites after wife’s “miracle” recovery from coronavirus
Pastor Jerry Miranda hugs Teresa, his wife of 38 years, as she’s released from Salem Hospital on April 2, 2020 after recovering from a serious case of COVID-19 (Amanda Loman/Special to Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community[Read More…]