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Friday, March 1 • 12:01 a.m. – Theft from vehicle, unlawful entry vehicle with intent to commit theft on 4100 block Arnold Street NE. • 3 p.m. – Theft by deception on 6400 block Keizer Station Blvd NE. • 3:01 p.m. – Scam by internet…

6 questions with Keizer’s school board candidates

Danielle BethelL and Chuck Lee Keizer will have a choice when it comes to who represents the city on the Salem-Keizer School Board this May. Longtime Board member Chuck Lee is seeking re-election to the post he’s held since 2007. His contender this time around will…

Measles case confirmed in Marion County

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has confirmed a case of measles in a resident of Marion County. The case is linked to a traveler who recently visited Marion County. Marion County health officials were monitoring an additional suspect case with lab tests pending at press…

McNary musicians clean up at OMEA district competition

McNary High School’s Kacey Whitfield took first place in the French horn competition at the district level. (Submitted) The Oregon Music Education Association District 4 2019 Solo and Ensemble Contest was held at McNary High School on Saturday, March 9. Band, orchestra and choir students from all…

Keizer cook-off

Fourth and fifth grade students from around the Salem-Keizer School District duked it out in the kitchen at McNary High School Friday, March 8.  More than 50 students submitted recipes to the competition. Sixteen were selected and 15 competed in the competition assisted by McNary…

Salem area employment holds steady

The Salem metropolitan statistical area’s (MSA) unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in January, essentially unchanged from its revised December rate of 4.5 percent. Oregon’s statewide unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in January, matching its revised rate in December of 4.3 percent. Salem’s January employment declines…

Latino Club becomes ‘second family’ for students

Members of the McNary High School Latino Club performed at the Keizer Chamber of Commerce First Citizen Banquet in January. (KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald) The Latino Club at McNary High School meets in portable 58 on Thursday afternoons from 2:30-3:30 p.m. But what started as a…

Two more firefighters needed

Keizer Fire District (KFD) is currently accepting applications for the position of firefighter 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…

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