NO INSURANCE Timothy Layne Blankenship, $600; Malina Denise Newell, $642; Karla Pamela Gomez Alavez, $317; Elizabeth Osio Herrera, $235. NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Enrique Santana Medina Ortega, $600 DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED Timothy Layne Blankenship, $1,258; Enrique Santana Medina Ortega, $1,258; Leo Ortel Cornwall, $492; Karla Pamela Gomez Alavez, $440; Javier Salvador[Read More…]
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TimberUnity
Participants stages at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in preparation for a TimberUnity rally at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem held on Thursday, Feb. 6.
Schools unveil plan to reach underserved students
Since September, the 44 educators, parents, students and community members on the Salem-Keizer School District’s Student Investment Account Task Force have been working to develop a strategy targeting traditionally underserved segments of the student body. At the Feb. 11 Board of Directors meeting, the task force presented its recommendation to[Read More…]
Photo lesson at Keizer library
Join the Keizer Community Library, 980 Chemawa Rd NE, on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 – 7 p.m. for a free workshop covering digital photography from basic to advance camera settings, techniques and post processing with Adobe’s Photoshop and Camera Raw. Participants should bring their camera and, if available, the[Read More…]
Keizer kid’s hot cocoa stand pays off in pajamas for others
Jude Bauer prepares signs for his stand. Money is hard to come by when you’re in the third grade; luckily for Crosshill Christian Student Jude Bauer inspiration is not. When his school announced that they were going to collect pajamas to donate to foster kids, he came up with a[Read More…]
Pedestrian killed on River Road
A 52-year-old woman was killed while crossing River Road North Tuesday, Feb. 11. Keizer police officers were notified about a vehicle collision with a pedestrian in the 5000 block of River Road North about 10 p.m. Responding officers discovered a woman who had been killed as a result of being[Read More…]
2 held on drug charges may have homicide connection
Armando GonzalezKristian Mann Police have in custody two men who may be connected to the death by gunshot of a victim found in the parking lot of the Starbucks in Keizer Station. The Statesman Journal reported that two 21-year-olds arrested by the Keizer Police Department Tuesday, Feb 4, might end[Read More…]
Mark your calendars for civic center clean-up
For the 10th year, the Rotary Club of Keizer in partnership with the Claggett Creek Watershed Council will hold the Keizer Community Center cleanup on Saturday, March 14. More than 100 volunteers will spend that Saturday morning clearing tree and shrub trimmings, remove weeds and other light maintenance chores. The public[Read More…]
KPD officer loses cancer battle
Officer Dan Carroll of the Keizer Police Department. Keizer Police Officer Dan Carroll, 43, passed away after an intense battle with cancer Friday, Feb. 6. Carroll, a 14-year veteran of the Keizer Police Department (KPD), was initially diagnosed in May 2019, but the esophageal cancer he was diagnosed with rapidly[Read More…]
Wearing it well
Jodi Altendorf If Love, Loss, and What I Wore has a superfan, it might very well be the director of Keizer Homegrown Theatre’s latest production: Leigh Matthews Bock. It’s her fifth time directing the scripted reading. “It means getting to work with the coolest women ever, for one,” said Matthews[Read More…]