Dr. Ralph Yates has spent much of his medical career caring for athletes as a family medicine doctor. While seniors and young children are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness, he said it’s often healthy adults who end up in his office needing treatment on hot days. “The patients that often[Read More…]
Author: Rachel Alexander of the Salem Reporter
Q&A’s with school board candidates
ZONE 1 May 2021 Salem-Keizer School Board candidates for zone 1, from top left: Osvaldo Avila, Richard Riggs, Ross Swartzendruber and Kari Zohner. Story here. ZONE 3 May 2021 Salem-Keizer School Board candidates for zone 3: Ashley Carson Cottingham, left, and Linda Farrington. Story here. ZONE 5 May 2021 Salem-Keizer[Read More…]
“The hardest decision I’ve ever made.” Remembering a Keizer dad who died of Covid at 43
Tim and Amy Senske attend a University of Oregon vs. Oregon State basketball game in Corvallis. (Courtesy/Amy Senske) Tim Senske kept his wedding ring in a box at his Keizer home. As a commercial plumber, he knew he could all too easily lose it down a pipe on a job.[Read More…]
With one week left in quarter, half of Salem-Keizer high school students failing at least one class
More than 6,700 local high school students are on track to fail at least one class during the fall quarter, a result that administrators in the Salem-Keizer School District find “alarming.” They said that reflects the challenges of teaching online. At least one high school called a halt to grading[Read More…]
After a week of protests, thousands plan to attend Salem’s Saturday march for George Floyd
Protesters march to the Capitol for a rally and vigil on Monday June, 1. The event was the third day of protests against police violence in Salem. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Saturday could be the biggest march yet in a week of Salem rallies and protests against racism and police brutality[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer board will meet virtually Monday to hear the latest on local school closure
The 2019-20 Salem-Keizer School Board (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The Salem-Keizer School Board will hold a virtual meeting Monday afternoon to hear updates on the district’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Board members will vote on two items related to the pandemic. The first would suspend an existing board policy requiring[Read More…]
Running low on supplies, Salem Health stops coronavirus testing at clinics, emergency room
A check in station outside the back entrance to the Salem Health clinic on South River Road, where patients were being tested for COVID-19 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Citing a need to conserve test kits and supplies for hospitalized patients, Salem Health said Wednesday it would stop testing people with respiratory[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer preparing to distribute thousands of bagged meals as schools close
Veronica Diaz squirts mayonnaise on her son Victor’s sandwich during a free summer lunch at Washington Elementary School on June 18, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of local school children will get bagged lunches starting Monday to keep them fed while their schools remain dark under a statewide closure order[Read More…]