A Marion County proposal calls for increasing garbage rates in unincorporated areas of the county by 2.8% for urban residents and 1.1% for rural residents.
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Marion County to create mobile crisis teams separate from police
The county will use state money to staff four teams of mental health workers to respond to lower-risk crisis calls around the county, including in Salem city limits. County officials say that could take up to six months or more.
Marion County Commissioners accept $6 million in state money for behavioral health housing
The state funding is intended to provide housing assistance and behavioral health treatment. County officials say they will seek proposals from local providers to help fill gaps through services such as residential treatment homes.
Property tax assessments show record jumps in Salem-area property values
The value of homes and residential land in Marion County jumped nearly 27% in 2022 — but Measure 50 will limit tax increases to 3% in most cases.
County diversion program gets dozens housed, employed with early success
Created in 2018, Marion County’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program is intended to get people who are homeless or struggling with addiction away from the criminal justice system, and into services.
Salemites say improvements needed to “confusing” fire alert system
More than 100 people had to evacuate their homes this weekend as the Vitae Springs Fire burned nearly 165 acres.
Second monkeypox case detected in Marion County
The new case comes about a month after state health officials first detected monkeypox in Marion County.
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Public interest in honest government not served by misconduct secrecy
EDITOR’S COLUMN: Salem Reporter has spent weeks seeking to answers for the public as to why a top police official was able to retire with an unearned $53,500. But Marion County’s district attorney recently sided with the city in keeping that information secret, while staying silent on an apparent conflict of interest.
Teen indicted in northeast Salem shooting in landmark Marion County case
Gerardo Trujillo-Torres, now 18, is the first teen Marion County prosecutors have argued should be tried in adult court since the passing of Senate Bill 1008 in 2019, which left that decision to judges.
Wheatland Ferry to reopen Friday
The ferry, which crosses the Willamette River in north Marion County, has been out of service for maintenance and inspection since June 8.
