Tag CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Here are the Salem restaurants offering takeout or closing during Oregon’s restaurant shutdown
A sign in the window of Gov Cup on March 17, 2020 announcing a closure during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help…
EDITOR’S NOTE: How we’re covering the COVID-19 impact on Salem
Les Zaitz, editor and CEO of Salem Reporter. Life in Salem is profoundly changing and Salem Reporter is determined to help the community cope. In just recent days, consider what has changed. Every public school is closed, putting 40,000 students from kindergarten to high school…
The Legislature is expected to convene to take up the coronavirus outbreak. But it’s not clear what legislation will be considered
Oregon State Capitol, Legislature (Salem Reporter/file) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. Update: This story has been updated to include information about money available to legislators…
Turner City Hall closes indefinitely after employee’s spouse tests positive for COVID-19
Turner City Hall (Courtesy/City of Turner) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Turner City Hall will be closed indefinitely after a city employee’s spouse tested positive for COVID-19. The city of…
THE LATEST: Headlines from around Oregon, the NW on the outbreak
Guidelines for patients with respiratory illness posted on the back door of Salem Health’s clinic on River Road South on March 16, 2020 . NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support…
Salem restaurants, bars lay off workers after dining-in ban takes effect
People shop in downtown Salem in the winter. (Caleb Wolfe/Special to Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at $5 a month help support this. Birthday celebrations, anniversary dinners and family gatherings…
As coronavirus pandemic enters ‘stark new phase,’ hospitals prepare for a shortage of beds
Treatment rooms for seriously ill patients in the Salem Hospital emergency department are larger to allow more people and medical equipment inside (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions starting at…
In one day, Salem-Keizer puts together plan to feed thousands of kids out of school
Shelli Dehut passes out free lunches to students at Hoover Elementary School on March 16, 2020, the first day of a statewide public school closure. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community…
Could Oregon health care leaders unite under ‘coronavirus czar?’
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons). NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Does Oregon need a coronavirus czar? Some think so. Health care leaders in Oregon are pushing for…