Tag: CORONAVIRUS: LIFE IN SALEM

With food pantry shut down, Chemeketa gives out $10,000 in grocery store gift cards

Chemeketa Community College on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Within the first hour of accepting submissions, the Grocery Grant received 201 applications – enough to eat up the grant’s entire $10,000 budget.  After that hour, Grecia Garcia Perez, Chemeketa Community College’s student services coordinator, had to shut down the[Read More…]

Challenged by big questions, Salem faith leaders work together to find answers, dealing with isolation

The loneliness of being homeless in Salem is accentuated by Gov. Kate Brown’s “stay home” order, which has emptied the city of many people. Salem faith leaders are discussing how to address local inequality. (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter) A small group of Salem faith leaders is searching for answers to challenging[Read More…]

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PHOTOS: Merlie Reeves of Salem had quite a party as she hit 90

Erin Rhoten joined in a birthday party parade Friday to celebrate Merlie Reeves’ 90th birthday on Friday, May 1. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Merlie Reeves’ calls out to friends and relatives driving by her Salem home on Friday, May 1, to celebrate her 90th birthday. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Christie O’Brien tugs[Read More…]

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Standing together, often without masks, protestors in Salem demand Oregon drop virus restrictions

Demonstrators gathered at the Capitol during a rally in support of reopening Oregon and relaxing social distancing measures on Saturday, May 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Hundreds of Oregonians gathered at the Capitol Saturday to protest restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Oregon rally was the latest[Read More…]