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Keep Salem Moving!

In November 2008, Salem voters approved a “Keep Salem Moving” $100 million project bond to pay for street and bridge projects that relieve congestion, improve safety, and rebuild or maintain pavement and bridges in Salem.

With that investment the City completed more than 40 projects included in the original Keep Salem Moving! bond measure and received additional funding from the State of Oregon and Federal government totaling over $21 million.

Thanks to sound financial and project management, the City was able to use savings and leverage other funds to address additional transportation needs, including neighborhood sidewalk reconstruction.  These state and federal funds, along with project savings, allowed the City to fund an additional 31 projects.

About 90 percent of the total project value was awarded to local contractors during the economic recovery, following the 2008 recession.

In total, 71 projects have been funded as part of the 2008 Keep Salem Moving! bond package. By January 2022, 66 projects were completed and five projects remain in progress. Upon completion, of all projects funded through this bond measure a total of 45,189 feet of streets will be widened and 63,245 feet of new sidewalk will be stretched throughout the City.

Projects paid for by Keep Salem Moving!

  • Safety Improvements to railroad crossings at riverfront park
    Riverfront Park Access

    Safety Improvements to the Railroad Crossings at Riverfront Park

  • Resurfacing Broadway St NE
    New Roads

    Street improvements and widening on Broadway Road

  • Glen Creek Rd NW at Wallace Rd NW Intersection Widening
    Updated Intersections

    Glen Creek and Wallace Road intersection improvements in West Salem

  • Eola Dr NW Pavement Improvements
    Pavement Upgrades

    New street pavement like Eola Dr NW

News

Shooting in store parking lot leaves three injured

One more person charged in the case

Post Date:01/29/2024 2:34 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 

DATE:  January 30, 2024

 

Update 02/01/2024 | 5:00 p.m.

Jamie Eugene Thomason is in police custody and has been charged by the Marion County District Attorney’s Office with the following:

  • First degree attempted murder with a firearm, two counts
  • First degree assault with a firearm, two counts
  • Felon in possession of a firearm

All further media inquiries into this investigation must now be directed to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office.

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Involved identified, arrests made

Update 01/30/2024 | 1:00 p.m.

The three people injured in yesterday’s shooting incident have been identified.

The woman, 30-year-old Julia Thea Dora Dorfler of Eugene, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and remains hospitalized. Two men, 30-year-old Jamie Eugene Thomason and 28-year-old Chance Taylor Brason Towlerton, both of Springfield, also sustained gunshot wounds. Thomason remains in the hospital, and Towlerton was treated and released.

Detectives have arrested Robert Josh, Jr., age 62 of Springfield, for his suspected involvement in the shooting. Josh was lodged today at the Marion County Jail on the following charges:

  • Second-degree attempted murder
  • First-degree assault
  • Unlawful use of a weapon, firearm

Andrew William Beebe, age 28 of Eugene, was also arrested on an outstanding parole violation warrant.

All individuals in this incident are known to one another.

Due to the ongoing nature of this investigation, no further information is being released at this time.

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Originally published 01/29/2024 | 2:15 p.m.

Salem, Ore. — At approximately 7:35 a.m. today, Salem Police officers responded to the call of a shooting in the parking lot of the Fred Meyer Store at 3740 Market ST NE.

Responding officers initially located two adult individuals, a woman and man, both age 30, with gunshot wounds in the store’s parking lot. Officers also located a second man, age 28, with a gunshot wound inside the Elmer’s Restaurant, east of the store’s parking lot.

All were transported to Salem Health with varying injuries. The woman and one of the men remain hospitalized. The names of the individuals are not being released at this time.

Officers have accounted for all the individuals, and there is no continued threat to the public from this incident. No arrests have been made as the incident remains under active investigation, leaving a portion of the store’s parking lot still closed.

The store is open for business. Until further notice, however, customers must use the Lancaster Drive entrance until the scene is released.

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