A Keizer man perished in a fire that consumed a mobile home off Chemawa Loop Northeast on Sunday, March 3. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation. A fire in a Keizer mobile home park claimed the life of a 62-year-old man Sunday, March 3. Keizer firefighters were[Read More…]
NEWS
WMS mentor earns regional recognition
Instructional Mentor Matt Hurst (second from left) after being honored as the 2019 Outstanding Technology Educator of the Year. The Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) recently honored a Whiteaker Middle School instructional mentor as the 2019 Outstanding Technology Educator of the Year. Hurst, along with Whiteaker Principal Julia Dewitt,[Read More…]
One dead in mobile home fire (updated)
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings A fire in a Keizer mobile home park claimed the life of a 62-year-old man Sunday, March 3. Keizer firefighters were summoned to a mobile home fire at Rainbow Gardens Mobile Village, a 55+ Senior Living Community, at 5:44 a.m. Firefighters were on scene in four minutes and[Read More…]
City to form charter review committee
The Keizer City Council took a giant leap toward removing language from the city charter that alienates members of the community who identify as something other than heterosexual. As part of goal-setting talks, councilors set a short-term goal of establishing a charter review committee to eliminate pieces of Section 44,[Read More…]
Police Scanner
Photo Illustration Sunday, Feb. 18 9:30 a.m. – Theft by false pretenses and deception, forgery in the 5000 block of River Road N. 11:41 a.m. – Theft by false pretenses and deception in the 1000 block of Clearview Avenue NE. 1:40 p.m. – Theft from building in the 5000 block[Read More…]
TRAFFIC COURT
NO LICENSE Tom Kamis, $642; Cristopher Huerta Lopez, $260; Jeremiah A Abon Jr., $100; Karina David Bojorquez-Rosales, $245; Alejandra P Hernandez-Albizures, $235. NO INSURANCE Ian Michael Smith, $600; Marcel Isreal Benavides, $600; Ricky Lee Tipsword, $600; Gerardo Rosales, $600; Daniel Rodriguez, $235; Amanda Veronica Mendoza Arreola, $265; Corrina Victoria Zavala,[Read More…]
New community journalist joins the Keizertimes
Hunter Bomar Hunter Bomar, a Keizer native, has joined the staff of the Keizertimes as a community reporter with emphasis on community events and local businesses. A McNary High School graduate, where he served as ASB president, Bomar attended George Fox University and earned a degree in organizational communication while[Read More…]
Fire board adds two new faces to budget committee
The Keizer Fire District Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 to discuss the addition of two new members of the budget committee, as well as other business. There were three applicants for the two open spots: Ali Rasouli, Patti Tischer and Elliot Groeneveld. All three[Read More…]
Amid dissent, school board approves Salem urban renewal
The Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday approved a request from the city of Salem to support tax exemptions for a downtown urban renewal project. M Parkside Living, LLC, had received unanimous approval from the Salem City Council for The Court Yard Apartments, which would consist of a 42,866-square-foot apartment building[Read More…]
School budget commitee plans way forward
The next budget committee of Salem-Keizer Public Schools met for the first time Tuesday, Feb. 26, following the School Board meeting. The committee always consists of the seven board members and seven people from the general public. New to the board are Adriana Miranda and Kathleen Harder. Harder was absent[Read More…]