by Ty Davison | Mar 26, 2024 | News & Commentary
Salem women’s sports bar Icarus Wings and Things to close: Icarus Wings and Things will close a year after the downtown Salem women’s sports bar opened, the owners have announced. There’s nothing wrong with a bar dedicated to women’s sports, which is...
by Ty Davison | Mar 9, 2024 | News & Commentary
Community prays, calls for action after Bush’s Pasture Park shooting – Salem Reporter: One day and several hours after 16-year-old Jose Vasquez-Valenzuela died in broad daylight during a shooting in Bush’s Pasture Park, faith leaders, neighbors,...
by Ty Davison | Jul 25, 2023 | News & Commentary
Salem-Keizer’s new superintendent sees opportunities for change: A December 2022 Statesman Journal investigation found that throughout the 2021-22 school year, major disciplinary incidents — including physical threats, fights, computer misuse, sexual harassment and...
by Ty Davison | Apr 14, 2023 | News & Commentary
Local schools to install refuges for teachers, staff to address stress, fatigue – Salem Reporter: Teachers at about a dozen schools in the Salem-Keizer School District soon will get a place to retreat when the day’s work seems overwhelming. Backed by a health...
by Ty Davison | May 9, 2022 | News & Commentary
Salem-Keizer will continue to push ahead with a deeply flawed “embedded honors” program while eliminating most advanced classes. This terrible idea springs from a flawed premise: That disparity equals discrimination. The result will be that high achieving...
