Keizer Fire District (KFD) is currently accepting applications for the position of firefighter/paramedic. KFD will be filling two current vacancies and possibly two additional vacancies by July 1. KFD will be accepting applications from now until April 12. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for April 30 and May 1 and anticipate[Read More…]
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Bingo night at Whiteaker
The Whiteaker Band Boosters parent volunteer group is organizing a bingo night at Whiteaker Middle School on Tuesday, March 19. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Whiteaker Middle School gym, and all players are welcome. Participants will be able to purchase snacks and play bingo to win[Read More…]
Chemeketa picks new president
Dr. Jessica Howard The Chemeketa Community College Board of Education announced that Dr. Jessica Howard will become the school’s next president/CEO. Dr. Howard will assume the postion on July 8 following the retirement of President Julie Huckestein, who took on the job in 2015. Howard is currently the South East[Read More…]
Register your surveillance cam with KPD
The Keizer Police Department is asking Keizer residents with surveillance video cameras to help fight crime in the city. The new SCRAM (Surveillance Camera Registration And Mapping) program allows residents to register their home or business cameras with the department. In the event of a crime in the vicinity where[Read More…]
Claggett Creek Middle School first semester honor roll
Sixth Grade Acosta Lopez, Hilda S., Adair, Olivia K., Alsareai, Rahban R.*, Alveida Cervantes, Karla*, Anderson, Cooper A., Ayala, Alondra E., Babinski, Kory O., Barrera Pina, Mayte Y., Becerril, Sienna P.*, Bennett, Luke G., Blackman, Katherine E.*, Blake, Andie M., Brown, Lindsay M., Burruss, Savanna J., Canchola, Jayda N., Capps,[Read More…]
Whiteaker Middle School first semester honor roll
6th Grade Aguilar Anaya, Enrike, Allen, Caden, Arechiga Molinar, Jose, Armstrong, Ella*, Balogun, Abu-Hurairah*, Barker, Brianna*, Barrett, Sophia*, Basilio, Juan*, Beadle, Hannah, Brister, Kate, Brown, Teagan, Burroughs, Lucille*, Carpenter, Dolores, Carrasco Cortes, Jazmin, Castellanos Del Rio, Sofia, Christensen, Caedmon, Cole, Gavin, Cook, Elliana, Cooper, Daniel III*, Cottings, Brianna, Cottings, Jessica,[Read More…]
Vehicle vs. pedestrian crash near Safeway
Keizer Fire District medics assist the victim of a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash at the northwest entrance/exit of the Safeway parking lot on Chemawa Road N.E. 03/12/2019, 3:25 p.m. -Keizer police are on the scene of a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash near the northwest corner of the Safeway parking lot.[Read More…]
Teacher turns passion into after school club
Jennedy Garcia Cortez practices kicks in an after school jiu-jitsu program at Weddle Elementary School. Eduardo Rodriguez developed a passion for Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he was a student at Western Oregon University in 2010. Nearly a decade later, he has gotten the chance to share that passion with a group of[Read More…]
‘No Drama Lllama’ is spirit guide for WMS kindness
Whiteaker Middle School eighth grader Knowledge McKenzie-Jackson gets a nuzzling from Caesar the No Drama Llama after an all-school assembly Friday, March 1. Whiteaker Middle School students spent recent weeks focused on acts of kindness and they found the perfect spirit guide showed up in the Wolverine’s gymnasium as part[Read More…]
Leagues, city could spin off park mgmt.
Representatives of the city and the two leagues that make the most use of Keizer Little League Park appear to be moving toward establishing a separate, but collaborative foundation to manage and schedule events at the park. For the past few months, city officials have been encouraging Keizer Little League[Read More…]