By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Hello, yellow brick road. If things look a bit different at the Keizer Rite Aid, located in the Creekside Shopping Center at 5452 River Road N., it’s for good reason. The store recently underwent a remodel, with a renewed emphasis on the store’s pharmacy. The five-week remodel wrapped [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The Men’s Wearhouse in Keizer Station was open again May 10. It just wasn’t in the same location. An April 14 fire caused $2 million in damage – mainly in clothing – to the Men’s Wearhouse location at 6065 Keizer Station Boulevard NE. Last Friday, store employees were scrambling [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A new Silverton Health clinic is expected to be open at Inland Shores in Keizer by January. Rick Cagen, president and CEO of Silverton Health, confirmed details with the Keizertimes on Wednesday. The day before, Cagen met with various Keizer officials. “The meeting was incredible,” Cagen said. “We’ve done [...]

By Jyll Smith For the Keizertimes Keizer’s Sakurako Egami Thatcher remembers her first day working on the Oregon Department of Transportation project. A cold winter’s day in 2009 found her and husband Reed struggling mightily with a simple hand auger as they dug post holes for huge orange highway construction signs along the Wilson River [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Keizer Hospitality Inc., doing business as the Keizer Renaissance Inn, filed for bankruptcy with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon last month. Paul Plunk, general manager for Renaissance Inn since 2004, confirmed the news. “There was a Chapter 11 filed,” Plunk said. “That is the [...]

  Caruso’s Italian Cafe has closed its doors, effective last Saturday. Jerry and Angie Phipps, owners of the restaurant located at 5745 Inland Shores Way North in Keizer, sent out a statement via e-mail about the closure April 14. “As of Saturday night April 13th Caruso’s has served its last customers,” the statement read. “It [...]

An early morning blaze left Men’s Wearhouse with more than $2 million in damages Sunday, April 14. Firefighters had difficulty accessing the fire as the closest door to the flames was welded shut and sheet rocked over.  Firefighters had to enter through the front of the building and drag hose lines through the entire store [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Emily Engel usually doesn’t have to go far to see family. Engel, owner of American Country Mercantile at 8030 Wheatland Road N. in Keizer, is surrounded by family at the craft consignment shop she took over two years ago. “My mom helps me, my dad helps me and my [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes If you shop at the new M.Y.R. Boutique on Chemawa Road, plan to stop by in the late afternoon or evening. It’s not that owner Maritza Yazmin Ramirez loves to sleep in. During the day, Maritza goes to classes before working at her shop from 4 to 8 p.m. [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Come July, Keizer Station will have a new first: a sit-down restaurant. Company officials have confirmed the Outback Steakhouse under construction should be open sometime that month. Jon Lakefish, director of Franchise Marketing for Evergreen Restaurant Group, said an exact opening date isn’t known yet. “The opening date is [...]