The Great Junk Hunt will be at the Oregon State Fair Grounds on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13. With over 45,000 square feet filled with the best vendors in the Northwest, participants will be able to find hand-picked vendors selling farmhouse, industrial, vintage, vintage-inspired, re-purposed, and handmade goods. Early[Read More…]
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Hearing on shooting range begins Tuesday
A lawsuit spawned from a stray bullet that penetrated a Keizer home heads to court for the first time next week. Judge J. Channing Bennett, a Marion County circuit court judge, will begin hearing arguments regarding a preliminary injunction at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 9. If the testimony cannot[Read More…]
Policy options run the gamut for dealing with growth
In its most recent meeting, the task force looking at housing needs in Keizer ran out of time to discuss the last part of its agenda: policies that might alleviate rent burdens and ensure that housing of all types are available in city limits. While the task force has yet[Read More…]
Heads of the class: Two McNary grads chart new paths in college
McNary grads Crystal Llanos and Samuel Hernandez recently reunited at a leadership conference at Harvard University. It seemed that both Samuel Hernandez and Crystal Llanos had the cards stacked against them while growing up in Keizer, but that didn’t stop them from achieving their goals. Despite coming from low-income households,[Read More…]
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Continuing through Saturday, April 20 Romance is the theme of the 9th annual Heritage Invitation Exhibit at Willamette Heritage Center at Mission Mill. Nine museums from around the region each have displays including Keizer Heritage Museum’s unique Keizur family wedding socks (on loan from the Oregon Historical Society). To learn[Read More…]
HB 2797: The definition of insanity
One of the many bills under consideration in the Oregon Legislature this year would erect a giant barrier to seeking help when a drug overdose occurs, and more dishearteningly, it is a backslide into anti-drug policy proven not to work. Oregon House Bill 2797 would establish a mandatory minimum prison[Read More…]
There was no collusion Rep. Schiff
President Donald Trump called on House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to resign from Congress. That, of course, is not going to happen. Even after special counsel Robert Mueller found no conspiracy or coordination between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian actors, Schiff told The Washington Post, “Undoubtedly, there is collusion.”[Read More…]
Turkey’s president is a case study
History shows that when revolutions occurred in human civilizations—recent and ancient—a huge number of people involved believed the outcomes would advantage them. However, the specifics in many examples reveal that, after peace returned, one man, sometimes a woman, established a stranglehold that resulted, save for a few confidants, in widespread loss[Read More…]
McNary proves to be tough test for top-ranked Tualatin
Kamryn Miller sprints down the line after hitting a hard ground ball (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The Tualatin softball team hasn’t lost a game since 2017. But McNary gave the top-ranked Timberwolves a run for their money on Monday night. The Celtics outhit Tualatin 10-8 and held the lead through three innings,[Read More…]