A Salem Reporter investigation determined the driver involved in a fatal bicycle collision in March was speeding and disobeyed a stop sign. Salem police …The House and Senate plan to resume at 1 p.m. Multiple state agencies are experiencing internet outages tied to a firewall update, hindering employees from doing their jobs and blocking the Legislature from making progress on hundreds of bills. An email sent to state employees Wednesday morning by the Department of Administrative Services ...Salem Reporter interviewed 10 – one from each high school in the Salem-Keizer School District – to give a snapshot of this year’s senior class. salemreporter.com. Meet Salem's Class of 2023 - Salem Reporter. About 2,800 local students will graduate high school in the coming weeks.During the city council meeting Monday, Oct. 23, councilors will review a proposal for how the public works department will allocate $18.2 million to sidewalk and crosswalk projects over the next decade. The money comes from the infrastructure bond Salem voters approved in the fall of 2022. The city has around 815 miles of sidewalks …Mar 2, 2023 · Decades of Dodge under the Withnell name end, Roberson acquires franchise - Salem Reporter. A woman walks through the empty lot of what was Withnell Dodge on Southeast Commercial Street on Thursday, March 2. The dealership closed on Tuesday, Feb. 28, as the franchise was acquired by the Roberson family. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Police arrested a 15-year-old boy who faces multiple assault charges after spraying responding police officers with a fire extinguisher, Salem police spokeswoman Angela Hendrick said. The lockdown began at noon due to a student with “highly escalated behavior,” principal Dustin Purnell said in a message sent to North students and families.The West Salem branch saw over 24,000 visitors last year and over 6,000 checkouts, and provides internet connection for residents and access to services for people who wouldn’t have access otherwise, the ward’s city councilor Micki Varney told Salem Reporter in September. At its current operating hours, the branch costs around $700,000 a year.The Truitt Brothers Cannery on Northeast Front Street in Salem shut its doors in 2019, and may now be revisioned as a retail and residential hub for the neighborhood. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.The Marion County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday will consider buying an armored tactical vehicle for a sheriff’s office SWAT program. The board will consider buying the $410,500 vehicle from Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc., a company based in Ontario, Canada. The federal government has previously loaned the Marion …Dahman, 36, escaped to Egypt with his young family after nearly a month, but on Sunday he heard news that at least nine relatives trapped in northern Gaza had been …She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a …StatesmanJournal.com is the home page of Salem, Oregon, with in-depth and updated local news, sports, things to do, travel and opinions. Stay informed with Willamette Valley news.Salem, Oregon News. Salem Reporter’s Town Hall on Taxes on Wednesday at the Elsinore Theatre digs into a single question on the November ballot: should the city impose a new income tax on wage-earners and those self-employed to fund “community safety services?”Salem Reporter, Salem, Oregon. 3,426 likes · 1,524 talking about this. Delivering all-local news of Salem, Oregon, from experienced local reporters under the direction of.Salem fire crews are working to extinguish a fire that broke out at St. Joseph Parish early Thursday, Aug. 31. The four-alarm fire is in the sanctuary building at 721 Chemeketa St. N.E., according to reports. The fire was reported at 2:31 a.m. Fourteen engines and two ladder trucks are among the equipment assigned to the fire.A fence will go up next week at 1457 23 rd St. as construction is slated to begin in January on a new $39 million Salem Public Works operations building. Mark Becktel, public works operations manager, said the existing building that many public works employees currently use is a converted warehouse from the 1950s.Assessing patients. To qualify for treatment, Oregonians in the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan must undergo assessments that determine how much care they should receive. Usually, the assessments are annual. The health authority has a $35 million contract with Comagine Health, a national Seattle-based nonprofit with more than 400 employees ...A community thank-you to celebrate the nonprofit’s 60th anniversary is planned for Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at two locations: the Daue House Gift Shop at 1095 Saginaw St. S., and Encore Furniture, at 1198 Commercial St. S. Both serve as donation drop-offs and retail fundraiser locations for the Assistance League.Samuel Landis, 38, an agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide for his role in a March fatal bicycle collision. Police said at the time that cyclist Marganne Allen collided at the intersection of Southeast High and Leslie Streets with a pickup truck. (Abbey McDonald/Salem Reporter)Salem Reporter is a web-based news organization focused exclusively on reporting about the Salem area. We’re locally owned and managed, founded in 2018. Salem Reporter provides readers a mix of clear and compelling coverage of local government, insights into the people who hold power in the Salem community and daily news about everything from ...Nov 23, 2022 · A parent effort to recall three Salem-Keizer School Board directors will not move forward after organizers fell short by about 2,000 signatures. Wednesday was the deadline to submit signatures for the recalls of Ashley Carson Cottingham, Osvaldo Avila and Karina Gumán Ortiz with the Marion County Clerk. All three were elected to four-year ... Fred Yungbluth, Oregon AFSCME president, did not respond to an email from Salem Reporter Thursday seeking more information about the investigation. Baessler said the union has retained an employment attorney based in Washington who’s licensed in Oregon but does not have ties to the union or Chamberlain to “be a neutral sounding …Salem Reporter @SalemReporter. A firewall update led to Internet outages at multiple state agencies Wednesday, hindering progress as the Legislature works …About 2,800 local students will graduate high school in the coming weeks. Salem Reporter interviewed 10 – one from each high school in the Salem-Keizer School …Jul 5, 2023 · Oregon State Hospital, the state-run psychiatric residential facility in Salem and Junction City, will benefit from the Legislature’s actions, both directly and indirectly, said Amber Shoebridge, a spokesperson for the hospital. Lawmakers earmarked $6 million for case management services to help more patients leave the hospital and return to ... SALEM – Verna Maurine (Scott) Fletcher passed away on June 26, 2023 in Salem, Oregon, with her loving husband, Scott Fletcher, by her side at Salem Health. She was born on August 9, 1953, in Fallon, Nevada, the youngest of four children of James DeWitt Scott and Helen Petrine (Sundrud) [Read More…] July 20, 2023 by Salem Reporter. Obituaries.StatesmanJournal.com is the home page of Salem, Oregon, with in-depth and updated local news, sports, things to do, travel and opinions. Stay informed with Willamette Valley news.Jul 18, 2023 · The tax will bring in an estimated $27.9 million per year through a 0.814% tax on worker paychecks for all work done within Salem. That’s about $42 per month for a Salem worker earning the city’s average wage of $29.90 an hour. People who make minimum wage are exempt, and retirement or pension income is not subject to the tax. Salem Health has absorbed Hope Orthopedics, hiring nearly all the clinic’s providers and employees after months of discussions between the two entities. The change was effective Sept. 29 and means the region’s largest health care provider will also be the main provider of orthopedics for the Salem area. Orthopedists care for muscle and ...In August, the beloved sandwich shop moved to 477 Court Street N.E. in the heart of downtown Salem. A full bar, an expanded menu, and evening entertainment are just a few of the plans St. James has for the new location. “I really miss the spot because it was such a cool, tucked-away little space. But we really outgrew it.by Ardeshir Tabrizian on August 31, 2023. Police say a Salem man started a dumpster fire Thursday morning that damaged St. Joseph Catholic Church in one of the largest structure fires in recent Salem history. Billy J. Sweeten, 48, was arrested and booked into Marion County Jail Wednesday on accusations of first-degree arson, the jail’s roster ...Apr 14, 2023 · Abbey McDonald. Abbey McDonald joined the Salem Reporter in 2022. She previously worked as the business reporter at The Astorian, where she covered labor issues, health care and social services. A University of Oregon grad, she has also reported for the Malheur Enterprise, The News-Review and Willamette Week. Edmonds told Salem Reporter he enjoyed the intellectual challenges of civil law which are sometimes more complicated and as a result more challenging. “Civil law can be everything from contracts to personal injury to probate and state matters to real estate to environmental issues. It’s just a wider set of circumstances,” he said.PHOTOS: Salem turns out for Holiday Parade. by Ron Cooper on November 28, 2022. Ron Cooper Author. For the first time in nearly a decade, downtown Salem had its own holiday parade following Thanksgiving. The brief but colorful event drew a crowd to the city’s core, lining the streets as marching bands, city councilors and multiple Santas ...Salem Reporter. July 13, 2020. Salem police union president Scotty Nowning said the anger toward those in his profession has been palpable, making officers wary to speak publicly …Dec 6, 2022 · For registration information, contact Ashley Russell at [email protected]. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. JUST THE FACTS, FOR SALEM – We report on your community with care and depth, fairness and accuracy. Get local news that matters to you. Subscribe to Salem Reporter. Laura Tesler has lived in Salem, Oregon for 20 years and is originally from Flint, MI. Laura has been an underwater photographer for 15 years, and is an avid scuba diver. Topside, she has been taking photographs since age 12, and currently works on assignment for the Salem Reporter, and full time purchasing land for fish and wildlife …Mar 2, 2023 · Decades of Dodge under the Withnell name end, Roberson acquires franchise - Salem Reporter. A woman walks through the empty lot of what was Withnell Dodge on Southeast Commercial Street on Thursday, March 2. The dealership closed on Tuesday, Feb. 28, as the franchise was acquired by the Roberson family. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The 17-year-old victim was transported to Salem Hospital with a non-life-threatening stab wound. Three teens were arrested. Salem police officers responded just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday to a report of a stabbing at the mall, 480 Center St. N.E., where they found the victim in a restroom. Police determined the stabbing was the result of a fight ...The West Salem branch saw over 24,000 visitors last year and over 6,000 checkouts, and provides internet connection for residents and access to services for people who wouldn’t have access otherwise, the ward’s city councilor Micki Varney told Salem Reporter in September. At its current operating hours, the branch costs around $700,000 a year.Freeway closed at Mission Street as witnesses report shooting. by Ardeshir Tabrizian on April 10, 2023. The northbound lanes of Interstate 5 north were closed near the intersection with Mission Street on Monday, April 10, as police investigated what social media accounts said was a shooting. Video posted on social media show police officers ...A 17-year-old boy with a loaded gun and a knife fled South Salem High School on Wednesday as police arrived and was subsequently arrested, according to Salem police and school officials. The teen, who was not identified by authorities because of juvenile status, has been accused of two counts of possession of a weapon in a public building ...Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby ...Oregon State Hospital, the state-run psychiatric residential facility in Salem and Junction City, will benefit from the Legislature’s actions, both directly and indirectly, said Amber Shoebridge, a spokesperson for the hospital. Lawmakers earmarked $6 million for case management services to help more patients leave the hospital and return to ...Salem Reporter’s news team delivers a second update in the evening, which is delivered exclusively by email to subscribers. Click SIGN ME UP! to subscribe and start getting briefed twice a day on the news of Salem plus any breaking news alerts when big stories break.In December, Vincent plans to open an expansion of the site that will include indoor showers and bathrooms, as well as space for 32 more people to sleep. It’s a badly-needed expansion of the shelter site, which operates on space leased from Catholic Community Services and had a waitlist of 132 families as of Nov. 1.Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a ...Man claims excessive force, wrongful arrest at 2021 Salem protest. A Woodburn man is suing the city of Salem and three police officers, alleging officers shot him with crowd control munitions and then tackled and wrongfully arrested him during a 2021 protest outside Planned Parenthood near the North Lancaster neighborhood.Salem Reporter is not naming the employee because the investigation has not concluded and no disciplinary action has been taken. The employee identified in the video is being investigated for violating the hospital’s patient privacy and social media policies, according to an email from Lisa Wood, Salem Health spokeswoman.An updated county map of evacuation levels is here. Marion County authorities downgraded evacuation levels on the Liberty Fire late Wednesday, Aug. 23. The map shows the Level 2 “be set” evacuation area in yellow and a Level 1 “be ready” in green. UPDATE, 9 P.M.: Fire crews will continue to monitor the Liberty Fire overnight.Salem-Keizer School Board Director Maria Hinojos Pressey is seeking a seat on the legislative policy committee. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on subscribers for resources to report on Salem with care and depth, fairness and accuracy.More than 100,000 Salem voters now have chance for say on proposed pay tax. County clerks in Marion and Polk counties have mailed out ballots that include a measure to decide the fate of Salem’s city payroll tax. Election Day is Nov. 7. October 19, 2023 by By Les Zaitz - Salem Reporter. POLITICS.But Salem Reporter established through interviews and emails reached out and found that Satya Chandragiri and Marty Heyen were in favor of a hearing and; Robert Salazar opposed one; Guzmán Ortiz wouldn’t disclose her position, while Pressey and Avila didn’t immediately respond to Salem Reporter’s request for comment.Jul 6, 2023 · Salem city councilors will decide on Monday, July 10, whether to create a new tax on wage earners to pay for police, fire and some homeless services. The council could decide to impose the tax, reject it or send it to city voters. Salem Reporter talked with residents recently at the Salem Saturday Market about the proposal and collected their ... Salem Reporter contact info: Phone number: (503) 549-6250 Website: www.salemreporter.com What does Salem Reporter do?IRVING, Texas-- ( Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM) announced today that Andrew Wilkow used the combined resources of his Salem News Channel TV …Sep 26, 2023 · Send an email to Salem Reporter’s news team: [email protected]. By Julia Shumway - Oregon Capital Chronicle Julia Shumway is deputy editor of Oregon Capital Chronicle and has reported on government and politics in Iowa and Nebraska, spent time at the Bend Bulletin and most recently was a legislative reporter for the Arizona Capitol Times in ... Man claims excessive force, wrongful arrest at 2021 Salem protest. A Woodburn man is suing the city of Salem and three police officers, alleging officers shot him with crowd control munitions and then tackled and wrongfully arrested him during a 2021 protest outside Planned Parenthood near the North Lancaster neighborhood.Salem Fire crews hose underneath the railroad tracks behind the stands at North Salem High School the morning of Aug. 30, 2023, following a smoky fire that broke out that morning (Abbey McDonald/ Salem Reporter) Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on subscribers for ...Aug 23, 2023 · An updated county map of evacuation levels is here. Marion County authorities downgraded evacuation levels on the Liberty Fire late Wednesday, Aug. 23. The map shows the Level 2 “be set” evacuation area in yellow and a Level 1 “be ready” in green. UPDATE, 9 P.M.: Fire crews will continue to monitor the Liberty Fire overnight. SALEM Reporter. 4,897 likes · 1 talking about this. "SALEM REPORTER" is the premier business media in our Salem city read by more than 25000 houses.We a.She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a …The city of Aumsville earlier this year hired a Salem police sergeant three months after learning that he had been fired and faced a misconduct investigation by state officials. The state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training has since determined that on Aug. 31 Jeffrey Keniston took advantage of a domestic violence …Sep 26, 2023 · Salem city leaders will stop fighting a former city firefighter’s widow over workplace injury benefits after a years-long legal battle. City Manager Keith Stahley announced Monday the city would withdraw its appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court challenging an appellate judge’s finding that former firefighter Mo Stadeli’s 2019 death from tonsillar cancer was related to his work. Dec 12, 2022 · The executive director of the state Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission has pleaded guilty to assaulting a boy in a Salem after-school program he ran as a side business. Reginald Richardson, 62, entered the plea in October for grabbing the 8-year-old boy by the back of his neck and shoving him into a wall for repeatedly being disruptive in class ... A dancer from Nupuram demonstrates their balancing ability at the festival finale at the World Beat Festival at Riverfront Park on June 24, 2023. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter) Dancers in the Filipino dance troupe form a conga line at the World Beat Festival at Riverfront Park on June 24, 2023.The interview with Roberts was conducted during Salem Reporter’s private tour of The Nightmare Factory, run by the Oregon School for the Deaf. In its 36th year, it’s the longest continuously running haunted house in the state, the school’s most profitable fundraiser and very scary.Salem will be represented by a largely new set of legislators if Tuesday’s results hold, with Republicans picking up a seat. Preliminary results showed Democrats Tom Andersen and Paul Evans taking the House District 19 and 20 seats, and Republicans Kevin Mannix and Tracy Cramer taking Districts 21 and 22. The House District 19 race pitted …PHOTOS: Salem turns out for Holiday Parade. by Ron Cooper on November 28, 2022. Ron Cooper Author. For the first time in nearly a decade, downtown Salem had its own holiday parade following Thanksgiving. The brief but colorful event drew a crowd to the city’s core, lining the streets as marching bands, city councilors and multiple Santas ...Ardeshir Tabrizian has covered criminal justice and housing for Salem Reporter since September 2021. As an Oregon native, his award-winning watchdog journalism has traversed the state. He has done reporting for The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly and Malheur Enterprise.Salem’s air quality was rated unhealthy as of 2 p.m. Tuesday due to fine particulate matter. The air quality index was 153. The Lookout and Bedrock wildfires burning east of Eugene in Lane County are putting smoke into the air, impacting air quality in Salem, according to a smoke alert issued Tuesday morning by the U.S. Interagency Wildland ...StatesmanJournal.com is the home page of Salem, Oregon, with in-depth and updated local news, sports, things to do, travel and opinions. Stay informed with Willamette Valley news.Salem city leaders will stop fighting a former city firefighter’s widow over workplace injury benefits after a years-long legal battle. City Manager Keith Stahley announced Monday the city would withdraw its appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court challenging an appellate judge’s finding that former firefighter Mo Stadeli’s 2019 death from tonsillar cancer was related to his work.A woman is suing the Oregon Youth Authority, alleging the agency was negligent by paroling a teen with a history of violence who later shot her in northeast Salem in 2021. Amaretta Rice sued the youth authority, Director Joseph O’Leary, two parole and probation employees, and Daniel Berger, superintendent of MacLaren Youth Correctional ...Dec 6, 2022 · For registration information, contact Ashley Russell at [email protected]. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. JUST THE FACTS, FOR SALEM – We report on your community with care and depth, fairness and accuracy. Get local news that matters to you. Subscribe to Salem Reporter. Salem-Keizer has never had an employee strike, and teachers would have to vote to authorize a strike. With mediation beginning Dec. 6, the earliest teachers could strike under state law would be Jan. 20. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on …Mar 7, 2023 · Among those questioning finalists were three panels of educators, citizens and students sworn to secrecy about their work. “Andrea is a visionary leader with a depth of experience that will drive Salem-Keizer Public Schools to achieve extraordinary outcomes for our students,” according to a statement from Ashley Carson Cottingham, school ... Gonzalez told Salem Reporter she has since called the Salem police multiple times and left voicemails in hopes of getting more information. She wonders how investigators reached their conclusions about what caused her son’s death, such as the number of drivers that struck him. But she’s never gotten a call back.This is your live blog for Salem Reporter’s Town Hall on Taxes, which will help voters decide where they stand on a proposed city income tax for wage-earning and self-employed Salem workers. A ballot measure in November will decide whether the city of Salem will impose a new tax on people earning above minimum wage for their work …An investigation by Salem Reporter determined the driver involved in a fatal bicycle collision in March was speeding and disobeyed a stop sign. Salem police identified the driver as a DEA agent and later handed their investigation over to the Keizer Police Department. Marganne Allen, 53, the cyclist, died after the collision.Dec 11, 2023 · Salem-Keizer School Board Director Maria Hinojos Pressey is seeking a seat on the legislative policy committee. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on subscribers for resources to report on Salem with care and depth, fairness and accuracy. Dec 6, 2022 · For registration information, contact Ashley Russell at [email protected]. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. JUST THE FACTS, FOR SALEM – We report on your community with care and depth, fairness and accuracy. Get local news that matters to you. Subscribe to Salem Reporter. Dec 11, 2023 · Salem-Keizer School Board Director Maria Hinojos Pressey is seeking a seat on the legislative policy committee. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on subscribers for resources to report on Salem with care and depth, fairness and accuracy. Salem city leaders will stop fighting a former city firefighter’s widow over workplace injury benefits after a years-long legal battle. City Manager Keith Stahley announced Monday the city would withdraw its appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court challenging an appellate judge’s finding that former firefighter Mo Stadeli’s 2019 death from tonsillar cancer was related to his work.She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a …An agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration turned himself in to the Marion County Jail on Sept. 6, the same day he was charged with criminally negligent homicide for his role in a collision that killed a Salem cyclist. 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In Polk County, which includes west Salem, 22% of the 20,720 registered voters have submitted their ballots as of Nov. 1, according to data from the clerk’s office. The payroll tax is the only thing on the ballot in Polk County, so only voters within Salem city limits received a ballot. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7.. Halo harvester
Medieval swordfighting is Salem’s newest martial art November 6, 2023. Willamette University’s newest musical is about chosen family — both on stage and off. “In the Deep,” a one-act show opening this week, follows a group of friends reckoning with loss and grief after a storm disrupts their calm college town life.State and resettlement groups help Ukrainians in Oregon - Salem Reporter. A group of Ukrainians gathers for an evening of games at Salem For Refugees’ facility on April 28, 2023. The organization has helped nearly 400 of the approximately 4,500 Ukrainians who have arrived in Oregon since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.The House and Senate plan to resume at 1 p.m. Multiple state agencies are experiencing internet outages tied to a firewall update, hindering employees from doing their jobs and blocking the Legislature from making progress on hundreds of bills. An email sent to state employees Wednesday morning by the Department of Administrative Services ...The Holman Riverfront Park Hotel — a nod to the original Holman Building — is scheduled to open in January following about a year and a half of construction. The property had been the home of a car park since the early 1950s after the original Holman building was torn down. The $42 million, 127-room property, part of the Hilton Tapestry ...Group determined to enliven Salem downtown with arts and events. People shop in downtown Salem. (FILE/Caleb Wolfe/Special to Salem Reporter) When Jim Vu moved to Salem in 2002, the lights downtown went out for the night at 5 p.m. Venti’s, the café and bar on Court Street, was the extent of the city’s nightlife. Downtown was boring.Salem city councilors will decide on Monday, July 10, whether to create a new tax on wage earners to pay for police, fire and some homeless services. The council could decide to impose the tax, reject it or send it to city voters. Salem Reporter talked with residents recently at the Salem Saturday Market about the proposal and collected their ...Chenae Donley holds her identical twins Sawyer and Sorin after graduation at the Roberts High School Commencement at Sprague High School on June 9, 2023. Donley found out she was pregnant with the twins when she was 15 and said she would never have graduated without the options that Roberts offered her. Donley is headed to college in …City releases 3 million gallons of sewage into Willamette River due to rainstormSalem Reporter Media Listing in the Oregon Media Directory Maintained by EIN Presswire.Dec 11, 2023 · In a few weeks, Clyde’s Lock and Safe will change owners for the third time since it opened in 1950. The current owner, Thomas Curtis, bought the downtown Salem shop from the original Clyde in 2009. Curtis is retiring to split his time between Eugene and Texas. In January, Tim Marinello will take the helm. Fred Yungbluth, Oregon AFSCME president, did not respond to an email from Salem Reporter Thursday seeking more information about the investigation. Baessler said the union has retained an employment attorney based in Washington who’s licensed in Oregon but does not have ties to the union or Chamberlain to “be a neutral sounding …Downtown Salem Micro-Apartments Seek Tax Break. By Troy Brynelson — Salem Reporter March 22, 2019 at 1:07pm. Salem's elected leaders on Monday will face two ...By Laura Tesler - Special to Salem Reporter Author. Salemites gathered Friday night to find some light in the darkness of winter with a holiday celebration at Riverfront Park. Kids and kids at heart visited with Santa. Some runners braved the dark to participate in the Twilight Run, and there was popcorn, fake snow and carriage rides to …Police identified the driver as a U.S. DEA agent (Oregon Department of Agriculture) Allen, 53, was riding home from her state job when she collided at the intersection of Southeast High and Leslie Streets with a pickup truck that police said was driven by an on-duty DEA agent. Video obtained by Salem Reporter showed that the driver of the ...The Oregon Department of Corrections racked up more than $3 million in costs after losing a retaliation lawsuit filed by two employees that largely centered around actions of Heidi Steward, the agency’s interim director. The state agency acculated the seven-figure tab after Gina Raney-Eatherly and Merilee Nowak, two policy analysts, …One dead in shooting, another dies by suicide after police chase in south Salem. by Ardeshir Tabrizian on October 29, 2023. One man was killed in a shooting at a south Salem apartment early Sunday morning and the suspected killer led police on a pursuit before crashing and dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Salem Police Department ...A Marion County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday sentenced a Salem man to 15 years in prison for shooting at occupied police vehicles in April during a rampage through Marion County. Andrew E. Kjostad, 34, pleaded guilty on Monday to three counts of attempted aggravated murder and possessing a firearm as a felon, according to his plea …Jul 26, 2018 · Salem Reporter. @SalemReporter. ·. Cierra Wiedner, 25, is accused of killing her domestic partner’s son, Titus Davenport, recklessly and “under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life,” court records showed. salemreporter.com. Arena football coming to Salem in 2024. Salem will soon have its own home football team to cheer on: the Oregon Blackbears, part of the Arena Football League. The team will have home games in the Salem Pavilion Arena, part of the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center grounds at 2330 17th St. N.E. The season is planned to start in April, …The teachers’ union now is claiming district officials have shown “deliberate indifference to known dangers” from students, paired with a lack of proper training to address student needs. The Salem Keizer Education Association put the district on notice in a 10-page letter dated March 17 that it intended to sue on behalf of teachers ...The Salem Reporter is a web-based news organization focused exclusively on reporting in the Salem area. Locally-owned and managed, Salem Reporter provides readers a mix of national caliber investigative reports, clear and compelling coverage of local government, and insights into the people who hold power in the Salem community.Dec 11, 2023 · (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Carrying signs and flags, members of a pro-Palestinian rally begin their march into downtown Salem on Sunday, Dec. 10. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) A young man wearing a yarmulke walks away after a verbal disagreement with a pro-Palestinian group rallying near the Oregon State Capitol the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 10. By Laura Tesler - Special to Salem Reporter Author. Salemites gathered Friday night to find some light in the darkness of winter with a holiday celebration at Riverfront Park. Kids and kids at heart visited with Santa. Some runners braved the dark to participate in the Twilight Run, and there was popcorn, fake snow and carriage rides to …Ron Eachus, a steward of civic life in Salem and former utility regulator known for his “bulldog-like tenacity,” died from a heart condition on Saturday, Oct. 14, while hiking in Bhutan. He was 76. Eachus worked for over 20 years as an Oregon’s public utility commissioner, earning a reputation as a fierce consumer advocate while helping ...Police arrested a 15-year-old boy who faces multiple assault charges after spraying responding police officers with a fire extinguisher, Salem police spokeswoman Angela Hendrick said. The lockdown began at noon due to a student with “highly escalated behavior,” principal Dustin Purnell said in a message sent to North students and families.The agency confirmed he was found “unresponsive” in his cell in response to questions from Salem Reporter. The corrections department declined to say whether Banks’ death was the result of violence involving inmates or corrections officers.Police arrested a 15-year-old boy who faces multiple assault charges after spraying responding police officers with a fire extinguisher, Salem police spokeswoman Angela Hendrick said. The lockdown began at noon due to a student with “highly escalated behavior,” principal Dustin Purnell said in a message sent to North students and families.The annual event celebrated in cities around the world on June 21 will return in Salem next Wednesday, with dozens of local artists stationed throughout the city all day to perform live music. Around 250 artists are slated to perform at over 50 locations around Salem between 10 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.. Last year’s event had performances at about ...Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby ...Jul 11, 2023 · The Salem City Council voted 5-4 on Monday to impose an unpopular tax on workers’ wages for work done within city limits. The payroll tax asks the average Salem wage earner to pay about $500 a year toward maintaining police officers, firefighters, homeless shelters, and adding more police and fire employees. With over two hours of testimony ... StatesmanJournal.com is the home page of Salem, Oregon, with in-depth and updated local news, sports, things to do, travel and opinions. Stay informed with Willamette Valley news. Jun 21, 2023 · The House and Senate plan to resume at 1 p.m. Multiple state agencies are experiencing internet outages tied to a firewall update, hindering employees from doing their jobs and blocking the Legislature from making progress on hundreds of bills. An email sent to state employees Wednesday morning by the Department of Administrative Services ... WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to uphold a tax on foreign income while leaving questions about a broader, never-enacted …Teens arrested for 6 armed robberies in Salem area, police say. Police on Monday arrested two teens, 19 and 17, who they say robbed several Salem-area …Jones said the 74-room shelter will start taking people in “on a limited basis” in April and fully open by summer, housing nearly 100 people at a time. Costs are covered in part with $3.56 million from Project Turnkey, a $74.7 million allocation of funding from the Legislature to buy hotels or motels to use as shelters in the short term ...Dec 12, 2022 · The executive director of the state Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission has pleaded guilty to assaulting a boy in a Salem after-school program he ran as a side business. Reginald Richardson, 62, entered the plea in October for grabbing the 8-year-old boy by the back of his neck and shoving him into a wall for repeatedly being disruptive in class ... Jun 22, 2023 · Elizabeth Sherwood was thrilled when she got a letter in early June telling her to expect an extra $270 on her state benefits card. The money was a clothing allowance for recipients in the Oregon welfare program known as Temporary Aid to Needy Families. Portions of McGilchrist closed due to flooding as heavy rain continues. Many areas of Salem have received over 2 inches of rain in the past 48 hours, leading to some minor local flooding on roads. December 6, 2023 by Rachel Alexander. PUBLIC SAFETY. A fence will go up next week at 1457 23 rd St. as construction is slated to begin in January on a new $39 million Salem Public Works operations building. Mark Becktel, public works operations manager, said the existing building that many public works employees currently use is a converted warehouse from the 1950s.Salem Reporter @SalemReporter. LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who retired nine years ago, aims to restore confidence in the Secretary of State’s office until a secretary is …Salem Reporter interviewed 10 – one from each high school in the Salem-Keizer School District – to give a snapshot of this year’s senior class. salemreporter.com. Meet Salem's Class of 2023 - Salem Reporter. About 2,800 local students will graduate high school in the coming weeks.Letitia Carson’s Homestead certificate (Oregon Secretary of State) A new grant awarded to a Salem-based historical society will help preserve the memory of one of the first Black pioneers to live in Oregon, a little-known figure in regional history who set a major legal precedent.Zaitz is also editor and CEO of Salem Reporter. Malheur County and the development company pledged to be more transparent about the project, which is far behind schedule and short of money to finish construction. Under terms of the agreement, MCDC will pay the Enterprise $20,500 and the county will pay $19,500.Gov. Tina Kotek threw cold water on plans for a new tribal casino in northeast Salem – but the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians say they’re not giving up on the project. In an April 13 letter to the chairs of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes, Kotek said she does not support an expansion of gaming, and intends to maintain ...The agency confirmed he was found “unresponsive” in his cell in response to questions from Salem Reporter. The corrections department declined to say whether Banks’ death was the result of violence involving inmates or corrections officers.Nov 28, 2023 · Police identify Salem man who officers fatally shot near Four Corners Friday. Three police officers shot and killed Justin Jordan, 32, of Salem, after he pointed a pistol at several people Friday morning, fired at a vehicle and then aimed at police, according to a news release. Officers found two 9mm pistols by his side. Aug 1, 2018 · Salem Reporter will provide readers a mix of investigative reports, clear and compelling coverage of local government, and insights into the people who hold power in the Salem community. Subscribe. We have made it as easy as possible to sign up for a digital subscription, priced at $10 a month [Read More…] August 1, 2018 by By Salem Reporter ... StatesmanJournal.com is the home page of Salem, Oregon, with in-depth and updated local news, sports, things to do, travel and opinions. Stay informed with Willamette Valley news. Dec 12, 2022 · The executive director of the state Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission has pleaded guilty to assaulting a boy in a Salem after-school program he ran as a side business. Reginald Richardson, 62, entered the plea in October for grabbing the 8-year-old boy by the back of his neck and shoving him into a wall for repeatedly being disruptive in class ... Salem Reporter · @SalemReporter. ·. Dec 6. South Salem Ace Hardware donated over 900 pairs of pajamas to the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley's annual ...Bend artist and musician MOsley WOtta will emcee the evening. Tickets are $52, available in advance at the Elsinore or at the door the day of the show. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Matthew Boulay, executive director of the Salem Art Association, explains that the idea of a joint fundraiser stemmed from the Covid pandemic.Salem Reporter @SalemReporter. LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who retired nine years ago, aims to restore confidence in the Secretary of State’s office until a secretary is …Apr 28, 2023 · On May 16, voters in the Salem-Keizer School District will elect three school board directors who will oversee the education of 40,000 local students with an annual budget of $1.3 billion. This ... Sep 7, 2023 · Salem Reporter to conduct Town Hall as city voters face measure on new wage tax. Salem Reporter will hold a public Town Hall in October about the ballot measure that would repeal the city of Salem’s wage tax. The event will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Elsinore Theatre. Tickets for the event are available online at no charge. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Hammond Elementary School students sing “Happy Birthday” to Geraldine Hammond as the school celebrated Hammond’s 90th birthday on Wednesday, Oct. 12. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett was the featured speaker at Hammond Elementary School during a celebration of Geraldine …The Marion County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday will consider buying an armored tactical vehicle for a sheriff’s office SWAT program. The board will consider buying the $410,500 vehicle from Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc., a company based in Ontario, Canada. The federal government has previously loaned the Marion …But mostly, Marksbury said he’s looking forward to interviewing people. “I think it’s really cool that I get to ask people to share,” he said. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on subscribers for resources to report on Salem with care and depth, fairness …Salem Reporter talked with residents recently at the Salem Saturday Market about the proposal and collected their questions from conversations there and emails. …Salem Reporter @SalemReporter. A firewall update led to Internet outages at multiple state agencies Wednesday, hindering progress as the Legislature works …The Oregon Department of Corrections racked up more than $3 million in costs after losing a retaliation lawsuit filed by two employees that largely centered around actions of Heidi Steward, the agency’s interim director. The state agency acculated the seven-figure tab after Gina Raney-Eatherly and Merilee Nowak, two policy analysts, …Soup Squad has an Amazon wishlist of needed items here. People can also sign up to volunteer for Soup Squad here. Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241. SUPPORT OUR WORK – We depend on subscribers for resources to report on Salem with care and depth, fairness and accuracy.The school was opened as a Red Cross shelter. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) A volunteer with Marion County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue talks with evacuees arriving at Judson Middle School on Friday, Sept. 9. The school was used as a gathering place for those fleeing the Vitae Springs fire and opened as a Red Cross shelter.. Best saucony running shoes, Weather forecast walden ny, Beam queen bootcamp, Molly stewart imdb, Eric cartman mom, Nba 2k23 best shot creator build, 2k23 season 9, Nestle chocolate chips, Timothy marrion haslett jr.