Rick Segal, left, and Carmelo Mejia, internal medicine doctors with Kaiser Permanente in Salem, type notes during a shift at Salem Free Clinic (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Rick Segal sat at a long desk between two other doctors, quickly typing notes on a laptop before returning to an exam room. He[Read More…]

Kelly Carlisle, left, executive director of the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation, and Jeff Aeschliman, board president, talk at the foundation’s office in downtown Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Salem-Keizer Education Foundation leaders are cutting after school programs serving 800 local middle school students and may sell their downtown building to further cut[Read More…]

Kelly Carlisle will lead the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation after a decade at the Salem-Keizer School District (Courtesy/Salem-Keizer Education Foundation) After a tumultuous year to get its finances on track, the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation board announced Friday the hiring of Kelly Carlisle, a longtime local educator, as its new executive director.[Read More…]