Stringent COVID-19 restrictions are returning to Marion County. Beginning Friday, April 30, restaurants will no longer be able to offer indoor dining, outdoor social gatherings will be limited to six people instead of eight, and churches will have to cut capacity. Gyms and movie theaters 500 square feet or larger[Read More…]
Author: Jake Thomas - Salem Reporter
Local business owners feel fear and hope as a federal program runs out of money
Johnathan Thompson stands in the hallway of Northwest Dental Arts. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Depending on the hour, Johnathan Thompson alternates between nervous and hopeful. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, Thompson closed Northwest Dental Arts, a clinic he’s owned with his wife in Keizer since 2013. Still, he kept his staff[Read More…]