Alan Booth inspects his bus’ lights before starting his morning route. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Alan Booth is now used to no one knowing his name at work. “Bus driver! Can you turn the heater off?” The question was yelled out from the back of Booth’s 40-foot school bus. Booth turned[Read More…]
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Economists say you’re sending an extra $1 billion into Oregon’s treasury
SALEM — Taxpayers and lottery patrons are pouring millions of extra dollars into state coffers. By the end of the current budget cycle, state economists say, the state will tuck $1 billion more into its treasury than forecast 18 months ago. That comes on top of the $21 billion the[Read More…]
After eight years of decline, enrollment at Chemeketa Community College starting to stabilize
(Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) After eight years of declining enrollment at Chemeketa Community College, college leaders believe they are slowing the trend. Four weeks into the fall term, full-time enrollment is at 3,217, a 1 percent drop from the same time last year. That’s less than the 3 percent drop the[Read More…]
More than 1,000 Oregonians’ information stolen in data breach
A data breach of a tool used to enroll people in health care plans exposed the personal information of at least 1,094 Oregonians. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials discovered the breach on Oct. 16. Attackers hacked into a direct enrollment tool that insurance agents and brokers use to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Council raises garbage hauling rates
A Suburban Garbage Services truck picks up trash in South Salem. Salem City Council rose garbage rates Tuesday. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter files) Your garbage rates will get a bit of a hike at the start of 2019. The Salem City Council Tuesday raised collection fees for garbage and recycling, after[Read More…]
Potent forces lining up in Oregon to support river ferries to relieve I-5 congestion
Congestion on Interstate 5 over the Columbia River is motivating a company to fashion a passenger ferry service. (Oregon Department of Transportation photo) A months-long effort to fashion a new ferry service across the Columbia River in Portland comes into public view Friday before the Oregon Transportation Commission. The ambitious[Read More…]
Oregon board says those found criminally insane rarely commit new crimes. The numbers say otherwise.
CORRECTION: A review of this story after publication identified factual errors and flaws in data analysis. To learn about the errors, please see this POST. Editor’s note: After the publication of this story, Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board informed the Malheur Enterprise that it did not provide the news organization with complete[Read More…]
What Oregon officials knew about the new crimes of people found criminally insane — and when they knew it
Members of the Psychiatric Security Review Board hear testimony at the Oregon State Hospital earlier this year. Pictured from left are John Swetnam, the public member; Chairwoman Elena Balduzzi, a pscyhologist; and Trisha Elmer, a parole and probation officer. The board also includes a psychiatrist, Dr. Scott Reichlin, and an[Read More…]
How journalists analyzed the outcomes of those freed by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board
Illustration special to the Enterprise by Hokyoung Kim CORRECTION: A review of this story after publication identified factual errors and flaws in data analysis. To learn about the errors, please see this POST. Studies of the criminal justice system rarely consider what happens after insanity defendants are freed. In Oregon,[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer board approves eminent domain to take St. Edward church land
St. Edward parish member Karen Scharosch urges the Salem-Keizer School Board not to pass a resolution authorizing the district to take church land. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) With the sole school board member representing Keizer abstaining, the Salem-Keizer School Board voted Tuesday to move ahead with forcing a growing Catholic parish[Read More…]
