By BEN BOTKIN Of Oregon Capital Chronicle The average Oregonian who buys health insurance on the individual marketplace will see costs increase 6.2% in 2024 after state regulators approved final rates. That’s a slightly smaller increase than last year’s 6.7%,…
By ARDESHIR TABRIZIAN Of Salem Reporter An agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been charged with criminally negligent homicide for his role in a collision in March that killed a Salem cyclist, according to court documents. A Marion…
Woodard joins as youth councilor for 2023 By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes The first post-summer Keizer City Council meeting saw a full dais including a new youth councilor. The council voted 6-1 to add a flashing speed sign at…
By MADI LIETZ Of the Keizertimes The Keizer Grange Hall is well known for its historic roots in the city, starting as the Keizer School to being a meaningful community place, Grange Hall number 785 will now continue its history…
By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes Opera is coming to Keizer. Keizer Homegrown Theatre (KHT) will present An Evening of Opera with four local singers opening on Friday, Sept. 8. Local artists Bethany Staats, Stacia Purdy, Michael Merrill and Simon…
By MADI LIETZ Of the Keizertimes It’s the Pavillion’s busiest time of year. On Friday the Oregon State Fair begins. Aug. 25–Sept. 4 is the Oregon State Fair. Oregonians will enjoy the usual fair rides, food, live music, vendors, and…
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 12:45 a.m. Assault in the 1000 block of McGee Court NE 12:45 a.m. Criminal mischief in the 1000 block of McGee Court NE 12:45 a.m. Theft in the 1000 block of McGee Court NE 8:10 a.m. Failure…
By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes Fourteen middle school students from the city of Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, visited Keizer and Salem this week as part of the Salem-Iyo International Exchange program. The students, accompanied by two teachers, a travel…
Councilor Julie Hoy is proposing the Salem City Council repeal the new payroll tax at a meeting next week. But whether a repeal would stop a citizen vote on the tax in November isn’t clear. By ABBEY MCDONALD Of the…
By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes The second Keizer City Council meetings in August are usually a low-key affair with little to discuss. That was not the case with the Monday, Aug. 21 meeting, which ran for more than three…
