The Keizer Network of Women (KNOW) will hold a drive-through food drive at Gubser Elementary School this weekend, 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, to benefit the group’s annual Giving Basket program. The food drive will be…
A team of volunteers hit River Road North early Sunday morning to decorate light poles around. Front row: Bob Shackleford, Dave Walery, Randy Cook, Tony Newberg and Larry Schmidgall, Second: Scott White, Cooper Cripe, Chad Cripe, Tasha Cripe, Riley Wright and…
Organizers of the Keizer Community Dinner are expecting up to 700 people to come for Thanksgiving dinner at St. Edward Catholic Church on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Volunteers have been working to prepare the take-away meals since early Thanksgiving week. They…
There may be fewer people around our collective Thanksgiving tables this year. The holiday may be less than celebatory in the time of a pandemic yet we have to find the resolve to be thankful.Take away politics, financial hardships, COVID and…
Governor Kate Brown’s ordered a state-wide two-week freeze that went into effect on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The freeze implemented new measures to limit gatherings and stop the spread of COVID-19, which has been surging throughout the state in the past…
COVID-19 changed the way political candidates campaigned in 2020. In Keizer, where grassroots, door-to-door canvassing has been the norm, candidates relied on social media, lawn signs and advertising to promote themselves. In January 2021 the council will seat an incumbent…
Voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the Keizer city charter in Tueday’s election. The Charter Review Task Force, led by City Councilor Elizabeth Smith, worked for more than year, combing over every line of the original document, first approved by voters…
In the United States there are approximately 17.4 million veterans of all the armed forces. Next week, America marks Veterans Day, when we honor and celebrate those who served and sacrificed for their country. Regardless of their rank or position, every…
Hopefully we will know by next Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, who won the presidential election. For many the end of the campaign can’t come soon enough. We say ‘hopefully,’ because with the surge of mail-in and absentee ballots in states around…
Keizer voters who live within Marion County Fire District #1 (Clear Lake neighborhood) have a decision to make on Measure 24-452 on the general election ballot. The measure is a renewal of the local option levy to fund fire and…