Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized A World War II exhibit at the Capitol Galleria runs until Nov. 28. (Courtesy/Oregon State Capitol) Visitors to Friday’s Tribute to Veterans at the Oregon State Capitol can see the presentation of the colors flag ceremony and listen to a choral performance. If they head further inside, they’ll be able[Read More…]
Uncategorized Oregon Spirit Chorus will perform at the Tribute to Veterans on Friday. (Courtesy/Oregon Legislature) Thursday You’re 6 years old and mom is in the hospital. She finds it hard to be happy, so you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Every Brilliant Thing, a[Read More…]
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon attorney general In late October, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office won the first conviction under Oregon’s new hate crime law. The case involved a 50-year-old man who hurled slurs at two gay men before picking a fight with them. The conviction marks a shift in Oregon’s[Read More…]
(Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) SALEM — The state agency that holds the education records of more than half a million Oregon students can tighten its control of that information, state auditors say. The Oregon Department of Education regularly checks its computer systems for vulnerabilities and performs other “critical security tasks,” but[Read More…]
Uncategorized Robert Stone, originally of Cheyenne, Wyo., sits outside near a coffee shop in downtown Salem. The homeless Salem resident said he would “probably” be impacted by a proposed ban on sitting or lying down on public rights of way. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Nothing is set in stone yet, though it[Read More…]
Uncategorized Steve Allen is director of the state agency charged with caring for Oregonians with mental health and substance abuse. (Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau) Finding a director to run a key new division of the Oregon Health Authority vexed Pat Allen for months. The agency director worked with hundreds of internal[Read More…]
Oregon Health and Science University. (Courtesy/The Lund Report) SALEM — Events took a strange turn this summer when a union representing about 7,000 workers at Oregon Health and Science University was trying to renew its contract. AFSCME Local 328 said in August that top administrators created fake social media accounts[Read More…]
Some Salem area worship centers will get solar panels thanks to a grant. (Courtesy/Portland General Electric) A group of Salem worship centers are about to become a lot greener. Temple Beth Sholom and Open Door Churches, a group of Methodist churches in the Salem area, are getting solar panels, thanks[Read More…]
Senate District 10 extends into Polk County and includes west and south Salem. Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and CEO of the Urban League of Portland, has filed to run for the Salem-area Senate seat previously held by Jackie Winters. On Monday, Harmon Johnson, a resident of Salem, created a candidate[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marion County Courthouse (File/Salem Reporter) After inmate Billy Gostevskyh asked for days for help for pain in his already-damaged right eye, the Marion County Jail’s doctor advised him to see an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. The next day, jail employees sent him to a work-release transition center, where he[Read More…]
