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Oregon lawmakers convened this week to fulfill their constitutional duty of redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative district maps. Things have not gone as planned. Oregon lawmakers met in Salem this week to fulfill their constitutional duty of redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative district maps. New maps are drawn…
Child care providers in Oregon can again apply for state grants. With most students absent during the COVID-19 pandemic, children get extra outdoor time at the Oregon Child Development Coalition’s North Lancaster preschool on March 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Oregon’s Early Learning Division has $224 million to pass out…
A Salem police car. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem man on Thursday was charged with murder in connection with a Wednesday shooting in northeast Salem. Larry Ray Hatlestad, 43, was charged with second-degree murder and for being a felon in possession of a firearm in Marion County Circuit Court, according to court documents.
SALEM, Ore. – Police arrested a 43-year-old murder suspect who is accused of trying to hide in a Salem restaurant after fatally shooting another man late Wednesday morning. Larry Ray Hatlestad was booked into the Marion County Jail on second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and felon in possession of a weapon.
SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) – Salem police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead in Salem late Wednesday morning. Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1000 block of 39th Avenue Northeast at about 11:15 a.m. When they arrived, they found a man, identified as 29-year-old Abraham Torres Borja, who had been […]
(Scientists at Inpria developed a liquid inorganic material that allows for more efficient and precise production of microchips | Photo courtesy of Inpria) Inpria Corporation, which got its start at Oregon State University and whose revolutionary material used in microchips has attracted investors such as Intel and Samsung, has agreed to be acquired by Japanese […]
There’s a chill to the air and the daylight is dwindling. Fall has arrived here in Oregon, and we have the most delightful little trail to get you in the spirit. Just a stone’s throw from Portland, there’s a mysterious woodland trail that leads to one of the most intriguing places in the state. Known […]
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde held a symbolic demolition event at the old Blue Heron Paper Mill at Willamette Falls, marking a step toward removing the industrial site and returning it to Indigenous hands. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the media was invited to watch on Tuesday as an excavator tore…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Astoria man is facing charges in connection with the murder of a Salem woman who went missing in March. The Statesman Journal reports Gustavo Ochoa-Valadez was arrested and is being held without bail at the Marion County Jail in the death of 42-year-old Tonna Purnell.
Salem man arrested, accused of shooting into occupied vehicle. A Salem police car. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A Salem man was arrested after police say he shot into an occupied vehicle Wednesday afternoon. None of the occupants of the vehicle were injured, the Salem Police Department said in a Thursday news…
