Category COMMUNITY

911 Supply moving south

911 Supply is moving from its longtime location at 4484 River Road N. to the corner of Sunset Avenue North and River Road North.  The move to the new building is expected to be complete by mid-summer. The new address is 4101 River Road N. …

Scholarship program won’t slow for COVID

2021 Keizer Distinguished Young Woman co-title holders (from left) Leilani Morris, Esther Hudkins and Nicole Russell. Esther Hudkins, Leilani Morris and Nicole Russell did not let the COVID pandemic mess up their plans to vie for the title of Keizer’s 2021 Distinguished Young Woman. The…

SNAP benefits expanded

Oregon has been approved to issue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments for the month of March 2021. These emergency allotments were available on March 11 for current SNAP recipients and March 31 for new recipients after March 11. Emergency allotments raise each household’s…

Nomadland a meditation on restlessness

I was a sophomore in high school when The Great Recession hit, but if my future grandchildren were to ever ask me what it was like to live through such a historic time, the only thing I could respond with would be shrug. Not only…

Meet Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly

A teacher informed Dave Coverly’s parents that he was going to be a cartoonist one day, he was in fifth grade at the time. “What every kid who wants to chase a dream needs more than anything is encouragement and support, not just from parents…

Tulip Festival returns

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the cancellation of the annual Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, but it open again for visitors as of March 19.  Passes for the 2020 season will be honored, but ticket prices have risen from pre-pandemic times. Tickets are only available online and…

Introducing Caption It! creator Steve Breen

Like most people who work in the print news business, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen wanted to help find ways to attract and keep readers. About 10 years ago, Breen began giving readers of The San Diego Union-Tribune a weekly opportunity to caption one…

Police calls March 7 – March 14

Sunday, March 7 9:09 a.m. – Criminal trespassing in the 5000 block of River Road N. 10:08 a.m. – Disorderly conduct in the 5000 block of River Road N. 5:27 p.m. – Criminal trespassing in the 4000 block of Delight Street N. 8:01 p.m. –…

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