Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Nancy Ceja, field operations branch manager works at her desk in the Marion County Health and Human Services COVID-19 incident command on Monday, July 13. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Covid claimed another victim this week – the database that is crucial for the Oregon Health Authority to track and investigate new[Read More…]
Most of Oregon remains in the “extreme” risk category created by public health authorities to adjust pandemic restrictions. (Courtesy/Oregon Health Authority) Gov. Kate Brown’s two-week “freeze” to slow the spread of Covid is officially over as of Thursday, Dec. 3. But not much will change for residents of Marion and[Read More…]
The Marion County building in downtown Salem (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) UPDATE: This story has been updated with links to the grant application and how much money the county estimates each business will receive. Millions of dollars are on the way to Marion County hospitality businesses as part of[Read More…]
Uncategorized Pat Allen, Oregon Health Authority director, participates in a daily briefing for congressional staff via phone on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) An estimated 30,000 frontline health care workers will be vaccinated against Covid by the end of the year, Oregon Health Authority Director Pat Allen announced Wednesday. That[Read More…]
Courthouse Club Fitness in west Salem. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) UPDATE: This story has been updated with additional information from Oregon OSHA documents. Courthouse Club Fitness has been fined a total of $90,000 for keeping four its Salem area gyms open in defiance of state orders intended to control rising Covid[Read More…]
Lupe Alvarez (right), the owner of Dough Hook Bake Shop, and her employee Lupe “Lupita” Ortiz (left) stands in front of the plastic shield installed as a Covid precaution. (Jake Thomas/Salem Reporter) When much of the Salem economy was shut down in March because of the pandemic, Tino Land told[Read More…]
Many restaurants are offering takeout orders after a ban on dining in at eateries went into effect on Tuesday, March 17. (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) This story was updated Tuesday, Nov. 24. UPDATE: Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order limiting service at restaurants and bars will stay in place after a federal[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown announces new state restrictions in a news conference in Portland on Thursday, March 12. (Jonathan House/Pamplin Media) The politically powerful association representing Oregon’s bars and restaurants took Gov. Kate Brown to federal court on Friday, seeking to halt her orders that are keeping patrons out and costing[Read More…]
Gov. Kate Brown listens in during a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence and other governors on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem residents can no longer dine in at a restaurant, work out at a gym, host house parties and they might have to wait in line[Read More…]
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon attorney general Two ubiquitous convenience store chains have agreed to pay thousands of dollars to settle complaints with the Oregon Attorney General’s office that they illegally upped the price of face masks, including in Salem, just as the pandemic was taking hold. As the pandemic arrived in[Read More…]
