NO LICENSE Hanna Paige Hidalgo, $75. NO INSURANCE Ofelia Palacios Ibarra, $235; Alejandro Rios Alejandre, $235; Carleen Marie Bell, $265. NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Robert Wayne Patton, $600; Kylee A Pickett, $75. DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED Juan Mendez Ayala, $1,242; Jeremy Allen Olson, $1,242; Robert Wayne Patton, $1,242; Ofelia Palacios Ibarra,[Read More…]
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Cvoid19 isn’t another Katrina. It’s worse.
One symptom of the coronavirus outbreak—at least for me—has been nasty flashbacks to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. At the time I was a policy adviser to President George W. Bush, visiting New York City for meetings. The day after the storm hit, I recall talking to a colleague at[Read More…]
Cherriots tells riders to expect service disruptions Friday
Cherriots said its focused on keeping its core network running after experiencing staffing shortages because of coronavirus closures. (Courtesy/Cherriots) Salem’s transit service told bus riders to expect service disruptions Friday afternoon. Spokeswoman Patricia Feeny said the transit directors at Cherriots are meeting to determine what resources they have to keep[Read More…]
KT on vacation
Olivia Gonzales, 5, took her Keizertimes all the way to Disneyworld in Orlando, Fla. You too can have your photo in the Keizertimes. Simply take your picture to your destination, snap a picture with you and your group holding it, and send the photo along with everyone’s first and last[Read More…]
Salem shuts down senior center, library event in wake of public gathering decree
Salem is closing its city-run senior center, Center 50+, for the next 30 days starting Monday, March 16. Center 50+ serves around 900 seniors each day through programs, meals and activities like fitness classes. The news of the closure was announced Thursday afternoon. Marilyn Daily-Blair, manager of Center 50+, said[Read More…]
Man hit by gunshot at apartment party
The Evergreen Villa Apartment Complex was the site of a violent incident on Saturday, March 7. An altercation at a Keizer apartment resulted in a 20-year-old man being shot Saturday, March 7. A few minutes before 2 a.m., Keizer Police officers were dispatched to Evergreen Villa Apartments in the 700[Read More…]
State authorities expand restrictions in face of estimates that coronavirus could infect 75,000 Oregonians
NOTE: Keizertimes is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. From playgrounds to prisons, Oregon is facing ever-expanding steps to get ahead of the novel coronavirus that state officials estimate could infect 75,000 people in a matter of weeks. The biggest[Read More…]
Governor orders Salem-Keizer schools, all others in the state, closed in a move to slow coronavirus spread
NOTE: Keizertimes is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions help support this. SALEM – Turning to a “last resort” she hoped to avoid, Gov. Kate Brown Thursday night ordered all Oregon schools closed for at least two weeks to help stop the spread[Read More…]
City budget preview: Police services fee could escalate quickly
Members of the Keizer Budget Advisory Committee got a preview of what to expect when budgeting season begins in about 60 days. The biggest challenge the group can expect to grapple with is what to do about the monthly police services fee added to utility bills in November 2017. The[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer Public Schools responds to COVID-19 outbreak
SKPS School district Salem-Keizer Salem-Keizer Public Schools does not have any confirmed coronavirus cases. The district is taking some preventative precautions, including additional cleaning measures in schools and on buses, and providing resources on when to go to school and when to see a doctor. Concerning an employee who recently returned from a trip[Read More…]