There will be no shortage of opportunities for Keizer residents to support community causes in the coming weeks. Fund raising event season is here. Whatever you want to support there is something for you on the calendar through April. On Saturday, March 2, Clear Lake Elementary School will hold a Fiesta Dinner and Auction at [...]

The $510,000 repair and maintenance wish list that was presented to the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board earlier this month has heads being scratched all over town. “How can that be?” asked many people.  How can it be that so many things at Keizer Little League Park seem to have fallen into disrepair? In [...]

Keizer Police Chief H. Marc Adams has said he will retire at the end of this year. When he leaves office in Decmeber it will be the end of a good era at the police department. Adams became Keizer’s top cop in 1997 after serving the same role in Coos Bay for five years. He [...]

Former Oregon Attorney General John Kroger’s drive to open and keep open public records should not be squelched. Since the Watergate era in the mid-1970s, Oregon has a good track record of maintaining open records for public bodies and public institutions. Open records are vital to a strong democracy, they allow the public to see [...]

It says it right in the city motto: pride, spirit and volunteerism. All three traits can be found in the awards presented by the Keizer Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, January 26. Each year the Chamber honors and bestows awards on Keizer’s First Citizen, the Merchant of the Year, and the Service to Education Award. [...]

Burglaries are keeping the Keizer Police Department busy. There have been a rash of break-ins recently including at four local dentist’s offices in the past week. Keizer Police’s part-time Crime  Analyst Cara Steele is on the job. Hopefully she can deduce if there is enough of a pattern to determine the same culprits in all [...]

A person who recently traveled through Keizer commented on how many businesses there were along the main arterials from downtown Salem to Keizer. She was amazed—to her it seemed there were more businesses than one might normally see in cities this size. Her perception is important. We want visitors to see the many businesses that [...]

All living things must be allowed to live cruelty-free lives with no neglect and no abuse. Rational people should be shocked and appalled at the conditions found at Willamette Animal Rescue in Brooks. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office seized more than 100 dogs this week at the facility. The manager was arrested and faces multiple [...]

We are just friends and neighbors here in Keizer. We are not prententious and uppity. We like things simple and straight-forward. Even our biggest events lean toward the folksy and casual.  Which is why it’s not surprising that the swearing in of new city councils and a mayor is a low key affair. Becoming an [...]

Citizens should have confidence that their government is working well and transparently. Government in Keizer includes the work completed by numerous boards, task forces and commissions. For a citizen to take a seat on any of those bodies they must first be recommended by the Volunteer Coordinating Committee (VCC). The Volunteer Coordinating Committee, comprised of [...]