Mickey Walker speaks on behalf of For the Love of the Game during a Sept. 20 Keizer City Council meeting. (KEIZERTIMES/Joey Cappelletti) It’s almost November in Keizer. Which means it’s time for pumpkins, apple cider, and . . . RFPs. …
Republican candidate Amy Ryan Courser during this year’s KeizerFEST parade in August. (KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson) Republican candidate Amy Ryan Courser announced Friday that she will run for Congress in 2022 in Oregon’s new 6th Congressional District. Courser challenged Democrat Kurt Schrader…
State Sen. Kim Thatcher addresses a Timber Unity rally on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 where she first announced she was running for secretary of state. (Photo courtesy of Kim Thatcher) Earlier this month, state Sen. Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, joined 138…
The Keizer Long Range Planning Task Force will meet Monday, Oct. 25 to discuss potential projects for the over $8 million they received from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The meeting will take place over Zoom at 6 p.m. In…
(Courtesy of Spencer Todd) Spencer Todd announced last week that he would challenge District Attorney Paige Clarkson in the 2022 election, making it the first time since at least 1988 that there will be a contested district attorney race. Todd,…
The Chemawa Cemetery is located on Indian School Road in Salem. (KEIZERTIMES/Joey Cappelletti) Over 270 Native children from across the Pacific Northwest died in the custody of Chemawa Boarding School from 1880 to 1945. For decades, the details about their…
Students at Weddle Elementary School in Keizer. (FILE PHOTO/Keizertimes) Data released last week by the Oregon Department of Education for the 2020-21 school year showed the gap in the number of students and teachers of color has continued to grow…
Photo courtesy of Keizer Little League Facebook. A city council vote to make For The Love of The Game the next operator of Keizer Little League Park will be pushed back to the Nov. 1 Keizer City Council meeting. The…
Keizer Fire District Fire restrictions across Oregon are being lifted as one of the state’s driest summers to date comes to a close. Keizer Fire District received over 600 calls for service in both July and August, which was the…
District 25 Rep. Bill Post announced Monday that he would be resigning after seven years in office. (Photo courtesy of Bill Post) After announcing in late September that he had moved to Nevada, Republican state Rep. Bill Post told the…