The temperature in Keizer dropped below freezing overnight as the city got another light dusting of snow. As a result, some institutions and government offices are opening late Monday or not at all. And the National Weather Service is forecasting another front to move through…
Whether it was an historic ice storm, drama at city hall, or kids going back to school after a year of distance learning, there were no shortage of newsworthy stories in Keizer. Here were some of the top stories that were featured in the Keizertimes…
Photo courtesy of Cherriots. Cherriots, the mass transit district in the Salem-Keizer area, is soliciting community input for a long range transit plan. Cherriots is conducting a survey and hosting an online open house. The objective of the project is to create a 20-year transit plan…
Selections for Keizer’s newly formed Community Diversity Engagement Committee were announced by councilors during their Monday, Dec. 20 regular session meeting. Each city councilor was allowed to appoint one community member to the committee with the mayor being tasked with appointing a youth member and…
Tyrone Wallace fixes Christmas decorations while making a delivery to a Keizer home (Submitted). The day began as an ordinary Saturday morning for Tyrone Wallace. As a delivery driver for Amazon, Wallace was making the rounds in Keizer on Dec. 11 when he came across…
Friends of Trees There are multiple ways for people to volunteer in their community and get involved in fixing environmental issues. One option is through Friends of Trees. Friends of Trees is an organization that plants trees and shrubs in neighborhoods and parks. They…
Grassroots The Keizer Parks Advisory Board held one its shortest meetings ever on Tuesday, Dec. 14: 12 minutes. With Dan Kohler filling in for city council liaison Elizabeth Smith, and all members in attendance, the board heard reports of slight damage in some city parks…
From left to right: McNary leadership students Bekah Forrette, Mary Jespersen, Miranda Coleman, Kelsey Schauer, Brookelynn Jackson and Ben Wood go shopping for presents to buy for families in need (Submitted). For more than three decades, the Adopt-a-Celt program at McNary High has served…
Dusty Bowers It took 10 years but Dusty Bowers of Keizer finally got called to ‘come on down’ on CBS-TV’s long-running game show, The Price is Right. Bowers, a 2005 graduate of McNary High School, went to see a taping of the show 10 years…