Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Dr. Katherine Landen, emergency department medical director at Salem Hospital, displays her employee badge after receiving Salem’s first Covid vaccine on Dec. 17 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Oregon health care providers must prove they’re vaccinated against Covid or be tested for the virus weekly starting Sept. 30, Gov. Kate Brown said[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gov. Kate Brown listens to an update from the state Employment Department during a revenue briefing on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem residents can drop their masks and pack into restaurants starting no later than Wednesday, June 30, Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday. Brown said the state would[Read More…]
Oregon National Guard member Carson Mather readies his vaccination station for the next vaccine recipient during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Gov. Kate Brown announced on Friday the state was within striking distance of having most pandemic restrictions lifted[Read More…]
CERT team volunteer Laura Hildebrandt holds out one of the donated masks during a mask collection event at Woodmansee Park. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregonians and businesses have a choice under new masking guidelines rolled out on Tuesday. Businesses can allow customers to drop masks if they provide proof they’re fully[Read More…]
The witch’s head at Enchanted Forest on Tuesday, October 27. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Citing possible conflict over masking requirements, Enchanted Forest will not reopen this weekend as earlier planned. The much-loved amusement park located south of Salem had posted on Facebook earlier this week that it would open for the[Read More…]
Flowers, masks and health warnings were just part of the scene April 4 at Salem’s Saturday Market. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem businesses are worried they’ll have another pandemic-related responsibility: becoming the mask police. On May 13, Gov. Kate Brown announced that fully vaccinated Oregonians would no longer be required to[Read More…]
Oregon National Guard member Carson Mather readies his vaccination station for the next vaccine recipient during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Thursday, Jan. 28. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Covid cases in Marion County are seeing a downward trend and vaccines will soon be more widely available[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gov. Kate Brown stands in the library at Lincoln Elementary School during a visit on the first day back to in-person learning in Woodburn, Ore. on Thursday, April 1, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) This article was updated at 4:15 p.m. following a state press conference. About 430,000 vaccines stand between[Read More…]
Masks and protective gear are part of the job as laborers in essential fields continue working. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Gov. Kate Brown has hinted that many Covid restrictions that have become part of daily life could be relaxed as soon as this summer. But the state’s worker safety agency has[Read More…]
Cindy Gerkman prunes geranium planters outside of Ritter’s Housemade Foods on May 12, 2020. Ritter’s Housemade Foods reopened for business on Friday for take-out and delivery after being temporarily closed. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As Salem braced for the third round of stringent Covid restrictions last week, Matt Learn, the owner[Read More…]
