Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized Ana Jimenez with her children on a trip to Mexico (Courtesy/Ana Jimenez) Ana Jimenez had no idea Oregon was running a vaccine lottery. The 40-year-old Salem resident was on a trip visiting family in Mexico in early July when she got a call from the state telling her she’d won[Read More…]
Kayla Monte (Courtesy photo) Kayla Monte wants to change the way cities look. The 16-year-old, who splits her time between Arizona and Salem as a student of the Chemawa Indian School, has plans to diversify architecture and create affordable housing for reservation communities across the U.S. But first, she has[Read More…]
John Towne (Courtesy/Todd Construction) Josh Towne didn’t grow up wanting to be a firefighter but on Monday, July 26, he got the chance anyway. Towne, 47, a Blodgett resident and construction foreman was at work on a Todd Construction site at South Salem High School when he heard one of[Read More…]
Uncategorized Isis Thornton-Saunders, director of annual giving for the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, models Causewagon’s “glitch” t-shirt (Courtesy/Boys & Girls Club of Salem) When Dave Pluister thinks back on a year of teaching high school students graphic design over Zoom, one word describes the whole experience. “This whole year[Read More…]
Uncategorized Karen Wood, Willamette University chaplain, will retire in July 2021 (Courtesy/Willamette University) For over a decade, Karen Wood, the chaplain at Willamette University, has had a challenging task: addressing hundreds of faculty, students and their family from different faith traditions (or none at all) in a meaningful way without offending[Read More…]
Uncategorized Ken Sherman Jr. holds out a treat for Max the cat in the library of his condo in downtown Salem on Wednesday, March 24. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Ken Sherman Jr. is the first to admit that the minutiae of Oregon’s wage garnishment laws don’t make for thrilling conversation. But for[Read More…]
Emma Dalke, 14, does a clean-and-jerk in the garage of her Salem home on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) On December 4, Emma Dalke put on a tunic, picked up her weights, and stepped in front of a camera in her Salem garage. The 14-year-old student was participating in[Read More…]
Uncategorized Dr. Michael Sjoding (Courtesy photo) As Michael Sjoding began caring for more Covid patients in the spring of 2020, he noticed something concerning. Sjoding, who was born and raised in Salem, is now a doctor specializing in critical care pulmonology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.[Read More…]
Kathy Ottele of Salem recently received the top award for excellence as the State Lead Ambassador of the Year from the American Cancer Society-Cancer Action Network in a virtual presentation ceremony held in Washington, D.C. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Twenty-two years ago, those working at Blue Cross/Blue Shield were asked who[Read More…]
Frank Wasson III, his wife Brooke, daughter Brielle and sons Jackson and Drayson listen to presentations during the ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 22, turning over to them keys to a new home in West Salem. Homes For Our Troops raised the money and organized construction. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Frank Wasson[Read More…]
