Keizer Rapids Park In 2008, one acre of parkland existed in Keizer for every 1,000 residents. The 10 city parks totaled only 41 acres for the nearly 35,000 residents in the city. That same year, Keizer’s Parks Department updated their…
Students at Weddle Elementary on the first day of the 2021-22 school year. (KEIZERTIMES/Joey Cappelletti) In the first two months of full-time in-person instruction without school resource officers, suspensions and expulsions have been drastically reduced in Salem-Keizer schools — while…
The City of Keizer is calling for any citizens interested in serving on the new Community Diversity Engagement Committee to submit letters of interest to the city recorder no later than Nov. 30. The newly-named committee was at the center…
Union members hold a rally in front of the Oregon City office of Congressman Kurt Schrader on Nov. 5. Congress was set that day to vote on an infrastructure bill and social policy bill. (KEIZERTIMES/Joey Cappelletti) For the first time…
Five students and five staff members at McNary High School tested positive for COVID during the week ending on Oct. 30, bringing their total positive cases since school started to 38. Positive COVID cases in the Salem-Keizer School District have…
Oregon children from the ages of 5 to 11 are now eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine after the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup unanimously agreed with the CDC that pediatric doses are safe and effective. The workgroup is…
Kaiser Permanente Medical Office located at Keizer Station. (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings) On Monday, Nov. 15, 3,400 Kaiser Permanente workers in Oregon and southwest Washington will join a total of 35,000 workers across five states in beginning an indefinite strike. The strike…
The Salem-Keizer school board held their monthly meeting virtually on Nov. 9. (Screenshot) The Salem-Keizer school board meeting on Nov. 9, which was held virtually, was the board’s first since they voted last month to adapt an antiracism resolution. The…
Councilor Ross Day expresses his frustration during the Nov. 1 Keizer City Council meeting. (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings) Councilor Ross Day has resigned from his position on the Keizer City Council following a Nov. 1 meeting that left Council President Elizabeth Smith…
Marion County Courthouse. (Photo courtesy of Marion County) The State of Oregon’s Employment Relations Board ruled on Oct. 29 that Marion County committed an unfair labor practice earlier this year when it forced county employees to return to in-person work…