She disappeared last summer on the remote rangeland of SE Oregon, leaving behind her car and her show rabbits. Exhaustive searches yielded few clues. Now, the search is over. malheurenterprise.com/2024/05/01/rem…

My kind of story....I should personally cover the delivery, I suppose.

This is great news for Salem as Salem Reporter
grows its news team, adding a reporter and expanding coverage. The crew has worked hard to build success to get to this point. Joe Siess
is another Malheur Enterprise alum and I'm glad to to welcome him back. #Localnews

An interesting collaboration is developing in Eugene between OPB and Ken Doctor to launch a news service where Gannett's The Register-Guard has become so weak. Donors have pledged $2.5 million already. #Localnews current.org/2024/04/oregon…

Don't ever let anyone tell you that being in a small newsroom means small work. So incredibly proud of my team at the Malheur Enterprise (esp. when finalists were Washington Post and Newsday). Excuse me while I do a little celebratory dance. #Localjournalism

Well, Alaska, it's been an experience. Thanks to Alaska Press Club and esp. Michelle Theriault Boots for the hospitality. Great conference. H/T to those who engaged in my presentations. Remember: Take just one step. Later!

I'll be quizzing the Democratic candidates for Oregon Congressional District 5 in a virtual forum on Thursday, hosted by City Club of Portland. You can trust there won't be much vanilla in my questions on the way to probing discourse. Why not watch? eventbrite.com/e/oregon-cd-5-…

That $1 billion Powerball jackpot? Won by someone in Oregon. But no one at my address. Sigh. powerball.com/ticket-in-oreg…

Oregon police chief convicted of stealing drugs, money from evidence, sent to jail for 10 days. malheurenterprise.com/2024/04/03/for…

Seven of nine Salem city councilors told Salem Reporter they would not vote for a city budget that closed the Salem Public Library, while two didn’t respond. But most said cuts will likely be needed. salemreporter.com/2024/03/27/vas…

Rachel Alexander, Salem Reporter’s managing editor, has been selected to join a new international program to train in advanced digital reporting, the news business and leading a newsroom. salemreporter.com/2024/03/26/sal…

Mighty proud today to share that Rachel Alexander is part of an exciting national news leadership program launching. She carries the Salem Reporter banner with her as we continue to innovate, grow. journalism.cuny.edu/2024/03/25-jou…

A late-night deal pulls Oregon's second-largest school district back from the risk of a teacher strike, as Rachel Alexander reports.

Sometimes, reporting on what's NOT happening can be important for a community, as Salem Reporter demonstrated today with swirling rumors a library system was being shuttered.

In this piece, Abbey M stays out of the way of the story, letting a Salem woman explain how she went from married to a war hero to being divorced, sick and homeless in Salem. Her story has a happy turn. #Localjournalism

No editor anywhere would write this sort of column without a great deal of pain. This is from Creswell Chronicle, a small local news outfit . A sad day for Oregon journalism. #Ethics chronicle1909.com/2024/03/21/a-m…

In rural Malheur County, a local man pleads guilty to shooting a Nyssa reserve officer as he sat in his patrol car in 2023. malheurenterprise.com/2024/03/20/nys…

Congrats to Kaylee Tornay for taking advantage of a terrific opportunity to advance your considerable skills in service to folks in the Northwest! (She reports for InvestigateWest.)

A chilling account of hiding in a Salem school from a potential shooter: 'They worried the silence outside their door might mean classmates were being shot in another part of the school.' Compelling reporting by Rachel Alexander for Salem Reporter.
salemreporter.com/2024/03/13/wai…

One dead, two injured in city park shooting in Salem - a day after city-sponsored meeting on reducing gun violence. Salem Reporter has the latest: salemreporter.com/2024/03/07/pol…