Marion News

Marion County officials are seeking 12,000 Dr. Seusses, Curious Georges and Harry Potters - you name the children's book - as part of a holiday drive that begins in December.

The Marion County Children and Families Commission is challenging the community to help provide '12,000 Books in 12 Days' for Marion County children, youth and families in need.

David Walters, Turner Police Department's newest hire, fills out the three-officer force, including Chief Gary Will and Officer Don Taylor, as well as six reserve officers.

A lawyer started a program called 'Estates for Plates.' A chiropractor offered free exams in exchange for a donation of food.

A recession that has pushed unemployment rates into double-digit territory has created unprecedented levels of need in the Mid-Willamette Valley.More families than ever are receiving emergency food boxes - an average of 6,500 families per month, according to Marion-Polk Food Share.

West Salem resident Amy Wadsworth held her daughter, Sawyer, 3, on her lap while she filled out forms to get the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine.

A steer was struck by a car and left on a southeast Marion County road Tuesday night, officials said.

Whether it's a booming or busting economy, people still have to eat. During the latter, more people need help feeding their families.

Edward L. "Ned" Clark Jr., a former president of the Oregon State Bar and a pioneer in land-use planning for Marion and Polk counties, has died.

John Kroger will review his first months as Oregon's 16th attorney general during a talk at the next Marion County DemoForum.

Diana Mendez, 6, gets an H1N1 flu mist administered Oct. 14 by North Marion School District nurse Christine Imdieke.

A woman's leg was run over after she jumped out of a car Saturday evening in Marion, deputies say.

The jobless rate in the Salem area has nudged higher, rising from 11.5 percent in August to 11.6 percent in September.

Saturday was an interesting day for two sheriff's deputies in rural Jefferson , about halfway between Eugene and Portland.

Local emergency dispatchers reported Marion and Polk county roadways free of crashes and other traffic-blocking problems.

Two smaller school districts will be among the first local recipients of H1N1 flu vaccine, and they could be setting up clinics for students during the week of Oct.

As unemployment persists, hunger is rising significantly, according to statistics presented by the Marion-Polk Food Share at a forum here Tuesday.

Search and Rescue Team-18, a youth-based wilderness search and rescue squad, has begun its annual recruitment effort and is looking for Marion and Polk county-area youths to join the Salem-based team.

Here's other opportunities to enjoy the outdoors this week: thursday -Get together with Cascade Paddlers, an unstructured group of canoers and kayakers who go on outings and activities on a variety of waters, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Boon's Treasury, 888 Liberty St.

For five years, doctors volunteering for the Salem Free Medical Clinic saw patients inside makeshift cubicles cobbled out of plastic pipes, sheets and bungee cords set up inside a middle school gym.