Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized An altar decorated to welcome LGBTQ people to services at Morningside United Methodist Church on March 4, 2019 (Courtesy/Wendy Woodworth) Clergy at Salem’s United Methodist churches say they will continue to marry same-sex couples and ordain LGBTQ clergy in spite of a “heartbreaking” vote by the church’s global conference last[Read More…]
Uncategorized The Marion and Center Street bridges pictured last summer. (Salem Reporter files) Two Salem councilors on opposite sides of the now-defunct Salem River Crossing are coming together to help the city’s congestion issues. Councilors Cara Kaser and Jim Lewis say they will seek approval of the Salem City Council of[Read More…]
Uncategorized A person contagious with measles visited multiple locations in Salem from Feb. 18 to 22, local health officials said Friday. The Marion County Health Department is working with Oregon Health Authority to notify people who may have been exposed. Most Oregonians are vaccinated against measles and are not at risk[Read More…]
Visitors and advocates at the Oregon Capitol, Feb. 28 2019. Lobbyists can often be found sitting or standing in the hallways or rotunda waiting to meet lawmakers. (Claire Withycombe/Oregon Capital Bureau) SALEM — As the 2019 Legislature steams ahead, an army of 1,000 lobbyists is at work to gain political[Read More…]
Uncategorized (Moriah Ratner/Special to Salem Reporter) There are times as a reporter I feel I take more than I give. I felt that way recently. Last week I met a family still in grief over a loved one who died. I drove to Portland one night to an office, and on[Read More…]
Hundreds signed up to give testimony on a bill that would end nonmedical exemptions for vaccines. The opposition was easily spotted, either by their red shirts or yellow stickers stating they are against House Bill 6063. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter) SALEM — The Capitol swelled with a sea of red Thursday[Read More…]
Uncategorized Lead volunteer Russ Lipetzky, left, jokes with warming center guest Ckierra McKenzie. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) “Anybody else need a bag?” Russ Lipetzky walked along a line of several dozen people gathered outside the basement entrance to First Presbyterian Church Wednesday night, passing out black trash bags. It was a few[Read More…]
The Chemeketa Community College campus in Salem. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) At a meeting Wednesday, the Board of Education of Chemeketa Community College voted unanimously to approve an increase in tuition and fees for the upcoming 2019–2020 academic year. When fall term begins this September, in-state students will pay an extra[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown signs the first statewide rent control bill in the country Thursday morning in her ceremonial office. (Paris Achen/Portland Tribune) SALEM – Oregon on Thursday enacted the nation’s farthest-reaching law limiting rent increases and restricting no-fault evictions, providing immediate protection to roughly 1 million renters across the state.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Volunteers at First Presbyterian Church prepare bags to store belongings overnight for warming shelter guests. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) With temperatures below freezing Wednesday night, people lined up by the dozens to get inside First Presbyterian Church. The church basement serves as the largest of three Salem warming shelters, providing a[Read More…]
