A utility box panel explaining the history of Salem’s Chinatown sits at the corner of State Street and High Street Northeast. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) You may have noticed something different about the utility boxes in downtown Salem. Seven of the city’s metal enclosures for electrical equipment now have a museum-like[Read More…]
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CHECK OUT: A funny play, rejected art or people running for hours
Friday Jest a Second! Pentacle Theatre has a new play opening this weekend. In this comic farce, a man decides to come out as gay during his mother’s birthday party and hilarity ensues. The play opens on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and runs through Aug 17. Tickets cost $29 and can[Read More…]
Raquel Moore-Green sworn in as Oregon’s newest House member
Rep. Raquel Moore-Green, R-Salem, takes a seat at her House desk for the first time. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) Oregon’s newest state representative has taken office. Rep. Raquel Moore-Green, R-Salem, was sworn in Thursday by Oregon Supreme Court Justice Meagan Flynn in the Oregon House. Among the crowd were dozens of[Read More…]
The Great Oregon Steam-Up gives visitors a glimpse into farming a century ago
The Great Oregon Steam-Up takes place this weekend and next. (courtesy Lena Prine) Powerland Heritage Park has an entire campus of museums showcasing Oregon’s agricultural heritage and all of that and more will be on display this weekend during the Great Oregon Steam-Up. Visitors to the weekend event –held on[Read More…]
Salem council approves controversial lease with church, citing lack of options
Update July 25: This article has been updated with more information from Councilor Jackie Leung and an addendum has been added to the bottom. The city of Salem has decided to house the public library in a church-owned building, despite some concerns the LGBTQ community will not feel welcome. Salem[Read More…]
CHECK OUT: A funny play, rejected art or people running for hours
(Illustration by Anna CK Smith/Special to Salem Reporter) Wednesday Teens can grab some popcorn and drinks as they enjoy a trip through space at the Salem Public Library on Wednesday. The library will be screening Apollo 13, which is based the story of the 1970 lunar mission that suffered an[Read More…]
Road work underway around Oregon – a look by the numbers
SALEM — Summertime — and the paving’s easy. The Oregon Department of Transportation is embarking on dozens of projects to fix up roads and other transportation infrastructure across the state this summer. Paving work tends to ramp up in the summer, because workers need certain temperatures and conditions to pave.[Read More…]
Native students make drums, moccasins during summer school
David John Beranek helps Annabelle Davis make a horsehide drum Tuesday. (Saphara Harrell/ Salem Reporter) In the Harritt Elementary cafeteria on Tuesday, Terry Tucker handed out wet, circular horsehides to a group of kids waiting to make drums. The room of mostly middle schoolers — all of them of American[Read More…]
Raquel Moore-Green picked as next state representative, succeeding Denyc Boles
Raquel Moore-Green has been picked to become the next state representative of southeast Salem and portions of western Marion County. The Marion County Board of Commissioners chose Moore-Green on Tuesday morning to succeed Rep. Denyc Boles, who last month was named to take over the Senate seat of late Sen.[Read More…]
New drivers coming aboard to expand Cherriots routes
Don Rundle, training supervisor, talks with prospective drivers at a class Friday morning. State funds are fueling an expansion of its services in September and the transit agency has hired 30 new drivers since January. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Standing in a portable, bus-sized classroom near Cherriots’ dispatch center, Don Rundle[Read More…]