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SALEM — At least 20 Silverton firefighters were exposed to COVID-19 while attending a training session in late November. Two days after participating in the agency’s firefighter academy training Nov. 21, a person told the agency they were experiencing symptoms, according to officials from the Silverton Fire District. The training event was for new volunteer […]
SALEM, OR — This week the 2016 Republican candidate for Oregon governor, Doctor Bud Pierce of Salem announced his candidacy for governor in 2022 However, Pierce announced in an email to the news media a statement about the death of his wife Doctor Selma Pierce. The statement says Selma Pierce, “The glue of the Pierce […]
SALEM, Ore. — The Department of Human Services will issue emergency benefits to SNAP recipients starting Dec. 11. Total benefits will be different on each household’s regular monthly allotment for the month of December. The new maximum benefits for each household are:. Household size of 1: $204. Household size of…
SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) – An Oregon nurse was put on administrative leave after an outcry over a TikTok video she made that indicated she is still traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic and not wearing a mask in public. Cara, the granddaughter of a recent patient at the Salem Health hospital,…
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife suggests you give a year of the outdoors this holiday season to the hunter, angler, wildlife viewer or conservationist in your life. 2021 licenses, tags, wildlife area parking permits and conservation stamps are available now online at https://odfw.huntfishoregon.com/login or…
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today released her recommended budget and policy agenda for the 2021-23 biennium, which focuses on the key challenges facing Oregonians: the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery from the devastating 2020 wildfire season, and taking steps to end systemic racism and address racial disparities in […]
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today announced updates to county risk levels under the state’s new public health framework to reduce transmission and protect Oregonians from COVID-19. The framework uses four different risk levels for counties based on COVID-19 spread—Extreme Risk, High Risk, Moderate Risk, and Lower Risk—and assigns health and safety measures for […]
Salem – The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services issued civil penalties against Allstate Insurance Company and Root Insurance Company for violating the department’s COVID-19 emergency orders. The department’s Division of Financial Regulation handled the enforcement of the emergency orders. Both insurers violated the state’s insurance emergency orders by…
SALEM, Ore. — Selma Pierce, a community leader and the wife of 2016 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce, died Tuesday night after she was hit by an SUV in West Salem. Selma Pierce, 66, was struck around 5 p.m. on Doaks Ferry Road NW near Hidden Valley Drive NW, according…
SALEM, Ore. — Selma Pierce, a community leader and the wife of 2016 Republican gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce, died Tuesday night after she was hit by an SUV in West Salem. Selma Pierce, 66, was struck around 5 p.m. on Doaks Ferry Road NW near Hidden Valley Drive NW, according…
