Juan Carlos Rodriguez Palacios A man whose blood alcohol content tested nearly three times the legal limit is being held at the Marion County Jail on suspicion of causing the deaths of three Salem-Keizer teenagers as the result of a motor vehicle collision Sunday, June 2. Salem Police Department and[Read More…]
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Construction at McNary set to start ahead of schedule
From Salem-Keizer Public Schools Improvements funded by the 2018 bond are ahead of schedule at McNary High School. Salem-Keizer’s construction firm on the McNary project, Pence Construction, is ready to move forward with work on the south part of the campus starting Monday, June 3. Earth movers will start preparing[Read More…]
Celebrate a flower or a community?
We refuse to believe that KeizerFEST (born as the Keizer Iris Festival) has run its course. But we do think that its current home at Keizer Lions Club and Cherry Avenue is the best place for an event of this size. When the festival moved from Keizer Station to the[Read More…]
The politics of the legislature
As I begin to write each monthly column, I try to write something with the perspective of “I’ve never been to the Capitol and I don’t understand what those people do down there.” Until I was elected, I wondered the same thing. For instance, the matter of the recent walkout[Read More…]
No winners in infrastructure spat
Here’s a scary thought about last week’s skirmishes between President Donald Trump and the Democratic leaders formerly known to him as “Chuck and Nancy”: Both sides think they won. When both parties think they’ve won, dear reader, that probably means you lost. Because there always has to be a big[Read More…]
The very air that we breathe
Hi kids! How about an opinion piece for people your age? Since you will inherit our planet and hopefully help to preserve it for the generations to come, it’s important to keep you informed and thinking about some vitals, such as the oxygen we breathe. I want to share with you a[Read More…]
Calendar for May 31, 2019 and beyond
Continuing through Saturday, June 15 Neil Simon’s Fools at Pentacle Theatre. For tickets and show times visit pentacletheatre.org. Friday, May 31 – Saturday June 1 Volcanoes Stadium will be the host of the OSAA baseball state championships this weekend, with the Class 2A/1A and 3A games being held on Friday,[Read More…]
Classified Ads for May 31, 2019
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Students use art to take stand against gambling
Art by Keizer’s Walea Tombleson will grace the cover of a new calendar. Hundreds of artists from 11 Oregon counties participated in the Oregon Health Authority’s statewide art contest for middle school students. Designs from three Marion County youth were chosen among the top 12 to be featured in the[Read More…]
HOMELESSNESS: How to see a crisis
Jimmy Jones, executive director of the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, and Ashley Hamilton, program manager, connect with one of the area’s homeless residents as part of their field work with ARCHES. “I wish I could spend the next year taking groups of 10 people out with me every day,[Read More…]