Kristin Micklewright helps a seventh-grader take a reading test on Oct. 30, 2018. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Parents, students and colleagues nominated 61 Salem-Keizer educators for Crystal Apple Awards this year. The award, given annually by the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation, recognizes staff who make a significant difference in the lives of[Read More…]
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Crier, Cameron coming down to the wire
Shelaswau Crier hands a flier to Mark Phoenix, a resident of Salem’s South Central neighborhood. Crier said she wants to improve health services throughout the county and bring about more affordable housing. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) Mark Phoenix watched from his sidewalk with an eyebrow cocked as Shelaswau Crier marched around[Read More…]
Changes ahead as enrollment opens for Oregon health plans
EDITOR’S NOTE: Salem Reporter is pleased to announce yet another collaboration to be sure Salem readers get important information from credible, trustworthy sources. The Lund Report, expert at covering Oregon health issues, will be sharing its work with Salem Reporter. – Les Zaitz, editor With the window for people to[Read More…]
After 28,000 registered Independents voted, the party’s candidate dropped out. Voters will not get a second chance.
SALEM — If you cast a ballot for the Independent Party of Oregon candidate in the governor’s race and now want to vote for someone else, you’re out of luck. Patrick Starnes announced Tuesday he was dropping out of the race and throwing his support to Gov. Kate Brown. “There[Read More…]
New effort afoot to rein in big money in Oregon political campaigns
SALEM — Advocates have long tried to curtail political spending in Oregon, and are back at it again now, circulating an initiative petition in an effort to let voters decide, in 2020, whether to allow limits. Those efforts got a boost Tuesday after Patrick Starnes, the Independent Party of Oregon candidate,[Read More…]
Oregon governor’s race jostled by independent’s switch to back Brown
Gov. Kate Brown, Democratic incumbent, Patrick Starnes, Independent Party candidate for governor, and KATU anchor Debora Knapp at the station’s studio Tuesday after Starnes decided to endorse Brown. (Oregon Capital Bureau/Paris Achen) On Sunday evening, Patrick Starnes, a cabinet maker and would-be governor, hit “send” on his home computer, dispatching[Read More…]
At Battle Creek, Karin Moneke connects with students through reading
Karin Moneke, who teaches fourth and fifth grade at Battle Creek Elementary School, discusses children’s novel “On My Honor” with a group of students on Oct. 25, 2018 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Parents, students and colleagues nominated sixty-one Salem-Keizer educators for Crystal Apple Awards this year. The award, given annually by[Read More…]
Independent candidate backs Brown in surprise move
Gubernatorial candidate Patrick Starnes, of the Independent Party, has endorsed Gov. Kate Brown. (Paris Achen/Portland Tribune) Patrick Starnes, a Brownsville cabinetmaker who took the political stage to spotlight campaign finance reform and third-party inclusion, announced Tuesday that he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Democratic incumbent Gov. Kate[Read More…]
No deal yet for Cherriots and Walmart, state dollars at risk
Cherriots and Walmart are negotiating over a swath of the retailer’s parking lot, near the intersection of Commercial Street Southeast and Baxter Road. (Salem Reporter files) Cherriots may have less than a month to secure a piece of Walmart’s parking lot in south Salem, where it hopes to build a[Read More…]