Effective Oct. 10, Keizer city employees will receive a 1.5% pay increase. This, combined with a leave cash-out option for up to 80 hours per employee, is expected to cost the city an additional $132,000, paid out in the remainder…
Keizer will be joining a lawsuit that includes eight other Oregon cities in response to a set of pollution reduction rules issued by a state agency earlier this year. In a move that angered many local government leaders in July,…
Oregon House District 21 Redistricting means Keizer now sits squarely in the middle of House District 21, whose incumbent Chris Hoy is also running to be Salem’s next mayor. Both parties held primary elections earlier this year, setting up a…
Ballots for the November general election will begin appearing in voter’s mailboxes in late October and Keizertimes wants you to be prepared. In addition to four statewide measures, Keizer voters will be making decisions on two proposed city ordinances and…
Keizer Police Lt. Trevor Wenning said the man killed inside a home on Mayfield Place in Keizer Sept. 4 was 30-year-old Aaron Scott Gage, a Salem resident. KPD responded to reports of a gunshot wound at around 2:30 a.m. on…
The Marion County Reentry Initiative will be holding a no-cost Second Chance Breakfast on Oct. 27 at 7 a.m. at the Keizer Community Center, and the public is invited to attend. The event, usually scheduled once per year, raises funds…
A public hearing was held Sept. 6 on an ordinance regulating the use of fireworks in Keizer which the state of Oregon designates as illegal. The city has received a high volume of complaints of people setting off unauthorized fireworks…
West Keizer residents want some help with slowing down traffic on Cummings Lane, particularly near where it intersects with Shoreline Dr. N. According to West Keizer Neighborhood Association president Rhonda Rich and Parks Board member Mike DeBlasi, it’s a public…
A recent satisfaction survey by the City of Salem revealed that homelessness has become the most important issue facing voters. The number of voters listing homelessness as the most important issue facing the region rose from 7% to 58% from…
Some residents in Keizer have expressed concerns about new multifamily construction projects, particularly one currently under development at 5724 River Road N. The project is being managed by Randy Fultz Construction and is as-yet unnamed. It will include three buildings…