
Ardeshir Tabrizian
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Ardeshir Tabrizian
@ardytabrizian
Investigative journalist | justice and public safety @SalemReporter | Oregon Bar-Press-Broadcasters Council I formerly @Oregonian @eugeneweekly @MalheurNews


Over a year after Joshua D. Upton Jr. beat Russell Mikolas, a Salem homeless man, he pleaded guilty to the murder and received a seven-year sentence. At a sentencing hearing on Aug. 22, the victim’s relatives described Mikolas as a kind and generous man. tinyurl.com/yut6ecxn








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Evidence was recently unsealed in the criminal case involving a DEA agent who ran a stop sign and caused a collision that killed a Salem cyclist. The records provided new details about the events surrounding the crash that killed Marganne Allen. salemreporter.com/2024/02/05/new…


Residents at Salem’s Village of Hope micro shelter site have gone nearly three days without running water when pipes froze during the winter weather, and said management failed to shovel snow so people using wheelchairs and walkers can reach the bathrooms. salemreporter.com/2024/01/16/res…

Oregon officials provide little help or accountability when it comes to the law requiring Oregon public schools to provide kids with robust, research-based substance use prevention. With records and interviews, reporter Elizabeth Yost breaks it down: thelundreport.org/content/youth-…