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A warming shelter is opening Thursday evening in Salem following a drop in temperatures. The Mid-Valley Community Action Agency is opening the first warming shelter of the season at the First ...
The Mid-Valley Community Action Agency announced mid-day that the warming center activation had been canceled because overnight low temperatures are expected to be above activation range. Lows in ...
First Presbyterian Church and Salem's community action agency brings relief to more than 50 homeless people with first warming shelter of the year.
A warming shelter is opening Thursday evening in Salem following a drop in temperatures.
The Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency will open warming shelters when temps drop below 32 degrees, after earlier protocol came under fire.
SALEM, Ore. — Lawmakers on an Oregon legislative committee heard Monday from providers who operate emergency homeless shelters during severe weather events, part of an effort to better ...
Governor Kotek has also directed the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division to deploy SERV-OR volunteers to provide medical care in warming shelters across the state.
As the Salem area deals with snow and freezing rain this weekend, here's information on warming shelters, possible power outages and closures.
Frigid temperatures, snow and freezing rain are battering nearly every part of Oregon on Saturday, with one possible cold-related death reported and some roadways closed.
As Salem faces a budget shortfall this year with state funding cuts, the non-profit will no longer be able to staff warming shelters with paid positions, relying solely on volunteers.