Almost four months ago Salem Publishing Company, publisher of Phelps County Focus and The Salem News, created special, unlimited access websites to keep residents of Phelps and Dent counties informed about COVID-19. We are shuttering those sites effective today, but will continue to place im…
The Dent County Health Center has confirmed a fourth confirmed case of COVID-19 in Dent County. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases in Dent County to four. This individual is directly linked to the Great Circle St. James campus outbreak. CDC Isolation guidelines have bee…
No locations of possible public exposure in Dent County have been identified. The Dent County Health Center has confirmed its third positive case of COVID-19 in Dent County. The patient’s identity will remain confidential, we will not be releasing any personal information about this case. Th…
The Dent County Health Center has confirmed its second positive case of COVID-19 in Dent County. The patient’s identity will remain confidential, we will not be releasing any personal information about this case. The person has been notified that they have tested positive for COVID-19. We ar…
Free COVID-19 drive-up testing will be held 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday (June 18) in Arandas Mexican Restaurant Parking lot, 1000 South Main, Salem.
Phelps Health is pleased to offer free drive-through antibody testing in addition to testing individuals for COVID-19 this Saturday, June 20, in Salem.
Salem Memorial District Hospital will be phasing new changes into the current visitor policy. These changes only apply to acute care, emergency room and outpatient surgery at this time.
Pending expiration of Phase 1 on June 15, Governor Mike Parson announced today that Missouri will fully reopen and enter Phase 2 of its “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.
Some people in the media call it an infodemic, the proliferation of information available at the click of a mouse or the tap of a finger. Problem is, some of that information is not true and leads to not only confusion, but reactions that are not good for the community. While social media ha…
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During a two-day period, military health professionals with the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital at Fort Leonard Wood conducted COVID-19 testing on about 500 Soldiers and trainees assigned to the 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, and of those, about 70 had positive test resu…
During the daily COVID-19 briefing, Governor Mike Parson announced the launch of a new COVID-19 dashboard containing Missouri-specific data from across the state.
After much consideration and consulting with other Legion Officers and members, American Legion Post 99 has decided that we will not be having our annual Memorial Day ceremony at Cedar Grove Cemetery. We do not make this decision lightly and regret that we must cancel. Even though we cannot …
The public is invited to participate in a variety of free, virtual programs being offered by the State Historical Society of Missouri. Presentations include how to access and preserve digital archives for genealogy and other research. Staff archivists will explore how communities in Missouri…
State Sen. Justin Brown, R-Rolla, has proposed spending $20 million of federal coronavirus relief funding to assist livestock producers and food processing facilities affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The spending request was included in the 2021 state budget proposal drafted by the Senate Ap…
Child abuse and neglect is likely on the rise in the face of this pandemic, as families are put under more financial and emotional stress. Children are no longer in the public eye—they are not at schools or daycare, or in other locations where caring individuals would be able to spot signs o…
Fidelity Communications announced that it will extend its commitment to the Federal Communications Commission’s Keep Americans Connected Pledge in an effort to provide continued connectivity for customers and communities and to ease the financial burden of those impacted by the coronavirus (…
The Dent County Health Center has issued a list of Show-Me Strong Recovery Plan guidelines based on information from the governor’s office. The guidelines spell out what to expect in Phase 1 of the local COVID-19 reopening plan, which begins Monday, May 4.
During Monday’s COVID-19 briefing, Governor Mike Parson announced the first phase of the “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan outlining how Missouri will gradually begin to reopen economic and social activity on Monday, May 4.
As the state prepares to move into the economic recovery phase of COVID-19, Governor Mike Parson Friday signed Executive Order 20-09 extending the state of emergency in Missouri through June 15, according to a release from the governor’s office.
The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Division of Employment Security has introduced a virtual assistant chatbot feature on its home page labor.mo.gov. The virtual assistant is designed specifically to assist in answering unemployment questions by simply clicking on the icon and …
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced today (Thursday) that he was extending the statewide stay-at-home order.
Health-care professionals and workers play important roles in the lives of many people, especially so as COVID-19 impacts our community and America. Prior to National Nurses Week May 6-12, The Salem News and local businesses are going to salute not only the nursing profession with an April 2…
Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday that the state is working quickly to guarantee that qualified individuals will soon receive their unemployment benefits. The Department of Labor began issuing $600 federal unemployment supplement payments to residents Monday.
Missouri celebrates our local heroes during Local Government Week April 12-18. In light of COVID-19, this week is an ideal time to thank your local officials and local government employees for their dedication to keeping essential services running in your community.
Area churches were contacted by The Salem News last week and asked to provide information on how they are conducting Sunday services during the COVID-19 crisis.
Effective immediately, Ozark National Scenic Riverways is suspending all commercial services operations within the park and expanding the restriction on camping to include all gravel bar camping and camping along trails in support of federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of th…
All Missouri public and charter schools will remain closed through the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Mike Parson announced via Facebook post at 3 p.m. today.
In an effort to assist with COVID-19 relief efforts across their 21-state footprint, Fidelity Communications and the other Cable One family of brands have donated $150,000 to the Meals on Wheels America COVID-19 Response Fund and $150,000 to local food banks in the markets they serve.
The Dent County Health Center and local county and city officials are working together as a result of Governor Parson’s “Stay At Home Missouri” Order.
Programs to help businesses impacted by COVID-19 are not one-size-fits-all, according to Salem and Dent County Economic Development Director Sally Burbridge.
For almost all of us around here, COVID-19 is surreal, something we see on television or the internet, and here lately, read a lot about in this newspaper.
The Salem News and Action Graphics offices at 500 N. Washington St. will be closed to the general public effective 8 a.m. Monday, April 6. The Salem News is an exempt business that will continue to publish its print edition each week and maintain thesalemnewsonline.com and our social COVID-1…
Building on Missouri’s efforts to control, contain, and combat COVID-19, Governor Mike Parson today issued a statewide “Stay Home Missouri” Order effective beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 6, until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 24.
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