Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
A 2-alarm fire damaged the roof of Hallman Elementary School in northeast Salem late Thursday night, closing the K-5 school to its roughly 328 students on Friday while the district evaluates the building.
Public Safety
A 2-alarm fire damaged the roof of Hallman Elementary School in northeast Salem late Thursday night, closing the K-5 school to its roughly 328 students on Friday while the district evaluates the building.
Public Safety
A 2-alarm fire damaged the roof of Hallman Elementary School in northeast Salem late Thursday night, closing the K-5 school to its roughly 328 students on Friday while the district evaluates the building.
Public Safety
Salem and Woodburn pawnshop dealers recognized stolen museum gold and alerted police, helping convict Aurora man Vincent Charles Roberts II in a Christmas Eve 2023 heist at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals in Hillsboro.
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Zachary Nicholas Mertens, 20, of Burlington, Kentucky, died Monday, Aug. 10, after climbing over a safety barrier at the top of South Falls in Silver Falls State Park and falling 177 feet. Marion County Search and Rescue recovered his body from the base of the falls.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry confirmed the emerald ash borer in Salem after city employees found the beetle in a trap near West Fork Pringle Creek, prompting the city to accelerate its defense plan for nearly 4,000 public ash trees while homeowners weigh treatment options.
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Salem's city-run ambulance service dramatically cut the daily time with no available units from 391 minutes to 24 minutes in its first year, according to Fire Chief David Gerboth's report headed to City Council on Aug. 10.
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The Marion County Sheriff's Office dive team, assisted by Multnomah County, recovered the body of a 20-year-old man from Butte Creek near Scotts Mills Falls on Wednesday after a reported drowning the previous evening at Scotts Mills County Park.
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Salem and the Willamette Valley now have the worst air quality in the world as wildfire smoke from 60 fires east of the Cascades blankets the region; the National Weather Service forecasts relief by Friday, Aug. 7.
Public Safety
A National Weather Service heat advisory is active in Salem through Wednesday evening, with highs near 99°F and wildfire smoke adding health risks. Three cooling centers are open, Cherriots offers free bus rides, and Oregon law requires employer protections above 90°F.
Public Safety
Wildfire smoke is forecast to push Air Quality Index readings into the unhealthy range across the Willamette Valley through midweek, while a heat advisory brings near-100°F temperatures to Salem starting Tuesday.
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ODOT will shift northbound I-5 traffic onto newly paved lanes between Kuebler Boulevard and Delaney Road in south Salem overnight Sunday, Aug. 2, with rolling slowdowns expected from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Public Safety
Salem Police are investigating after a group set off fireworks on the Gerry Frank/Salem Rotary Amphitheater stage around 12:23 a.m. on July 5, blasting a hole in the dome and causing $7,088 in damage; no suspects have been identified.
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Salem police arrested two people with felony warrants and seized 78.7 grams of fentanyl and 24 grams of methamphetamine during an early-morning traffic stop near Market Street and Hawthorne Avenue NE on Saturday, July 25.
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Salem police are asking residents who shared or saw social media posts about a man in a white Toyota Corolla approaching women and girls in northeast Salem to file formal reports, warning that online tips never reach investigators and some incidents remain unreported.
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