He died a lonely motel death but it wasn’t because no one cared
Updated 8:11 AM;
By Saphara Harrell, Salem Reporter
SALEM As Jean Hendron climbed the flight of stairs to a Salem motel on the edge of town, she had a feeling she might find Brian Jackman dead.
The night before, she brought him a strawberry milkshake in her routine of regularly checking on him.
“I’ll be back before you have to pay for your room,” she told him before she left for the night.
Her fear gripped her several times over the previous eight months.
Before she slipped the key into the blue door, she knocked, as she had always done when she went to check on Jackman at the various motels he had stayed in on and off over the past year.
Salem mom describes son’s descent into mental health crisis before fatal shooting by police
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
Content warning: Please be aware this article contains graphic descriptions of violence and suicidal thoughts.
SALEM Jessica Rothgery begged her son to put down a shotgun he aimed at police last Friday evening as officers walked up the driveway to her southeast Salem house.
As she stood a few feet away from her 22-year-old son, she watched as he was shot twice by Salem police Cpl. Clinton Sealey. Sealey was later publicly identified by police.
The fatal shooting of Natzeryt “Nat” Viertel at the Southeast Ewald Avenue home followed a chaotic afternoon. The shooting is being investigated by the Oregon State Police, who have released few details.
Oregon Occupational Safety and Health (Oregon OSHA)
Agency tackles challenge of ensuring workers remain safe amid pandemic
Oregon OSHA is charged with protecting the state’s roughly 2 million workers from workplace injuries and, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, took on the role of enforcing rules about masking, sanitation and social distancing that were implemented to slow the virus’ spread in workplaces.
“In a sense, it’s simply another hazard that we need to address in the workplace to keep workers safe,” Michael Wood, Oregon OSHA’s administrator, told the Salem Reporter in January. “We think our job is addressing hazards in the workplace and COVID-19 is certainly a hazard in the workplace as well as elsewhere.”
Polk County DA: No criminal charges in Selma Pierce’s death
The car crash killed the prominent community activist and philanthropist. Husband Bud Pierce called it a perfect tragedy. Author: Saphara Harrell (Salem Reporter) Published: 9:51 AM PST March 8, 2021 Updated: 9:54 AM PST March 8, 2021
SALEM, Ore. Selma Pierce and her son Michael were out for an evening walk in early December less than a half mile from her west Salem home when she entered Doaks Ferry Road to cross the street.
The sun had set on the chilly day, with a temperature around 42 degrees as the pair walked out of their neighborhood toward a road that leads to Highway 22 from the steep hills of west Salem.
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