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Despite pandemic restrictions, Salem clinic finds a way to help those with mental illness, addiction
Tim Murphy, CEO of Bridgeway Recovery Services sits in his office at the organization’s administrative office in Salem on Wednesday, April 22. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to…
A month into ‘stay home,’ Salem residents face unemployment and a virtual way of life
Julia Marie Dupuis, 6, center, and sister Trinity, 9, play while wearing masks outside of Salem Fire Department Station 6 on Friday, April 10. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are…
You can’t make your own reusable bag or pet an alpaca, but Marion County’s virtual Earth Day event will have to do
Annabella Ramey wears an Earth Day hat. (Courtesy/ Jessica Ramey) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today. In a time before the coronavirus, thousands…
SALEM IN NEED: Relief agency helping those facing adversity needs help itself
A support professional with Catholic Community Services provides care to a young woman. (Submitted photo) Catholic Community Services is a faith-based nonprofit that supports people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and children, youth, and families facing adversity. Founded in Salem in 1938, the agency offers…
PHOTOS: Fed up with restrictions, Salem protesters circle Capitol to press for return to normal
Protesters at a Salem rally on Friday, April 17, demanded that Oregon drop restrictions that bar gatherings and keep people at home. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Through March, the orders from Gov. Kate Brown grew more restrictive, limiting gatherings first to 250, then to…
For Salem congregation, a stunning concentration of COVID, a reliance on faith
Joshua Lindley receives supplemental oxygen to help him breathe while hospitalized with COVID-19 at Salem Hospital (Courtesy/Joshua Lindley) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today.…
Salem firm keeps farmers stocked in tractors as ag industry plows ahead
Tony Gubbels, left, and co-worker Kevin Wolff wear masks made by another co-worker’s wife while working at Brim Tractor Company in Salem on Thursday, April 16. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a…
For mourning Salem families, limits on funerals changing memorials
Miles Johnson co-owns the Johnson Funeral Home with wife Erin. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions are vital to continue this so please sign up today. Lately when people with a…
SALEM IN NEED: Salem YMCA looks ahead to new building, relies on web to serve members for now
Eric Basilio Alba, Four Corners Elementary School site director, reads to students at the Salem YMCA as part of its after school program. The program has been suspended but the YMCA continues providing other services during Salem’s “stay home” period. (Submitted photo) The Salem YMCA…