Hoss Soss owners, Catharine Sutherland and Matt Kuerbis. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) While working as a chef over the years, Matt Kuerbis began making his own hot sauces that he stored in plastic bottles marked as “Hoss Soss,” a reference to his nick-name. Toward the end of 2016, Hoss started a[Read More…]
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A proposed expansion of the Aurora State Airport brings promises of jobs and fears about strains on infrastructure
A jet arrives at the Aurora State Airport in 2019. (Jaime Valdez/Pamplin Media Group) A proposed expansion of the Aurora State Airport could generate millions of dollars in local economic activity while making room for fire suppression and emergency service aircrafts. But the city of Aurora and a local conservation[Read More…]
BUSINESS ROUNDUP: Free online classes available. Restaurants reopen. Grants for Covid safety ideas. Unemployment applications in Spanish
Wild Pear in downtown Salem urges diners to get takeout during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) There’s a lot going on in business in Salem. To help keep you up to speed, the Salem Reporter is providing a semi-regular roundup of business-related items including new business openings, locations, grant[Read More…]
Uncategorized AROUND OREGON: After county shuts down his corn cart, McMinville teen garners community support
A McMinnville teenager who tried to sell spicy corn on the cob from a cart, only to be shut down by county health officials, has received an outpouring of community support for his entrepreneurial efforts. (Marcus Larson/News-Register) A McMinnville teenager who tried to sell spicy corn on the cob from[Read More…]
Are Salem businesses enforcing state mask mandate? State records suggest many aren’t
A woman wearing a mask walks along Liberty Street in downtown Salem on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Complaints have flooded into Oregon’s worker safety agency ever since it was charged with enforcing many orders related to the Covid pandemic. Now, a database of state records suggests Salem’s employers[Read More…]
The pandemic could change how Oregonians buy beer, cider and wine
Santiam Brewing co-owner Jim Smiley, left, delivers a food and drink order to the home of Dan Valles on Friday, April 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Salem residents were stuck at home during the pandemic shut-down order, Santiam Brewing started making house calls. Jim Smiley, the co-owner of Santiam Brewery,[Read More…]
Businesses ask for Covid legal liability shield. But critics say it’ll shield bad actors
Michele Vanderyacht adjusts a sign on a blocked-off stationary bicycle at Epic Fitness on Thursday, July 30. Some equipment at the gym is closed to promote social distancing. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Michele Vanderyacht, the general manager of Epic Fitness, insists that even before the pandemic she had the cleanest gym[Read More…]
BUSINESS ROUNDUP: Salem sees an icon close, a food hall reopen and a new place to eat
The patio view from iWINGZ, a new restaurant that opened in Salem. (Courtesy/iWINGZ) There’s a lot going on business. To help keep you up to speed, the Salem Reporter is launching a semi-regular roundup of business-related items including new business openings, locations, grant opportunities and others. To suggest an item,[Read More…]
Facing uncertainty, developer breaks ground on industrial space in south Salem
Evan Bernstein, partner and director of leasing and acquisitions at Pacific NW Properties, at the groundbreaking for a new light and industrial and business park in south Salem. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) On Wednesday morning, a crowd of people gathered in a vacant lot in south Salem for a rare event.[Read More…]
Employment Department seeks to speed up payments for self-employed
Signs in windows and doorways throughout Salem are alerting residents to changing business hours and access limits as life adjusts to pandemic times. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Hoping to speed up the processing of claims for a new unemployment benefits program, the Oregon Employment Department has launched a new form intended[Read More…]
