Attendees check out the cars at Rust-O-Rama, a car show held by the Cherry City Bombers Car Club, on Saturday, July 17 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Moises Mendoza, of Salem, and Dusty the dog, sit in the back of Mendoza’s 1964 Chevy C10 at Rust-O-Rama, a[Read More…]
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PHOTOS: Ska, punk fans gather for first Minto Island Growers music festival
Fake News performs at MIG Fest, a punk and ska music festival at Minto Island Growers farm on Saturday, July 17. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Four Oregon bands took the stage Saturday, July 17 for the inaugural MIG Fest, a ska and punk show held at Minto Island Growers in south[Read More…]
Marion County Fair gearing up for (mostly) normal year
Equestrians with Marion County 4-H compete at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, ahead of the county fair. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Fair coordinators have to have a bit more than a barn to put on a show. About 30 days after the Marion County Fair closes the[Read More…]
Salem’s Awesome 3000 race won’t happen this summer, but organizers have their sights on a 2022 return
LaTishia Crosen ran her first Awesome 3000 in 1987, just a few years after the annual Salem fun run began. Her daughter Cailinn, 16, has raced every year since 2010, including in 2020 when the event was held virtually. “I told her about how me and her uncles all ran[Read More…]
Weekend race helps bolster funding for local soccer club
Runners head north on Howell Prairie Road during the Capitol FC half marathon on Sunday, June 6, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Runners competing in Capital Futbol Club’s half marathon, 10k or 5k Sunday were cheered on by soccer players. The money raised at the races benefitted Salem’s nonprofit youth soccer[Read More…]
Uncategorized On cross-country totem pole journey, carvers pay respect to children buried at Chemawa Cemetery
Freddie Lane, right, a citizen of the Lummi Nation and tour manager for the Red Road to DC journey, bows his head in prayer during a ceremony paying respects to children buried at Chemawa Cemetery on Friday, May 14, 2021 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The markers at Chemawa Cemetery in north[Read More…]
Humane Society heads online with its annual Salem auction
Susan Fletcher gets into the holiday spirit with Bane, a feral cat she is fostering for the Willamette Humane Society. The society has scheduled its annual auction for Saturday, Oct. 24. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) In 20 years, there’s never been a Boo Bash fundraiser for the Willamette Humane Society like[Read More…]
Just in the time for the election, Salem City Club to hold “Informed Voter Series”
The Salem City Club holding one of its programs meant to educate the public. The civic-engagement nonprofit has moved online for its fall programming. (Courtesy/Salem City Club) With the 2020 election entering its final stretch, the Salem City Club has announced the launch of its “Informed Voter Series” that’ll include[Read More…]
Uncategorized Capitol will be busy on Saturday – two rallies with differing views of police
Protesters walk up the mall to the Capitol after marching through downtown Salem on Saturday, June 6, as part of a Black Lives Matter demonstration. Two new rallies are planned for Saturday, July 11. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Two rallies with opposing goals are planned in Salem Saturday. One aims to[Read More…]
The lights are going out on one Salem event after another
NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. Salem organizations are canceling events altogether, looking to reschedule or haven’t decided what to do yet in the wake of a state ban on gatherings of 250 people or more.[Read More…]
