By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A few weeks later, the expected approval was finally confirmed. With little comment, Keizer City Councilors approved a remand on Area C plans at Keizer Station Monday night by a 7-0 vote. Councilors had originally approved an application from E Village, LLC for development in Area C, which at [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes As it turns out, the land taken over by the Keizer Urban Renewal Agency for $602,169 isn’t worthless. The actual value of the 1.47 acre of land, deeded over to the city last month by developer Chuck Sides in lieu of the payment he owed for his local improvement [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes There was confusion aplenty about what could be talked about during the Nov. 5 Keizer City Council meeting. The topic bringing nearly 50 people to council chambers was a public hearing for the Keizer Station Area C master plan remand. However, only two specific issues — a traffic flow [...]

Mayor excited about new term

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Marlene Quinn admits the delay in results being posted Tuesday night was a bit stressful. Due to late voters turning in ballots at the last minute, Marion County Elections personnel did not release initial results from Tuesday’s election until 9:30 p.m., some 90 minutes later than normal. Ultimately the [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Keizer’s Kim Thatcher retained her 25th District State Representative seat Tuesday by defeating Paul Holman. It just took her a while to know. In Marion County alone, Thatcher got 64 percent of the vote, or 9,944 votes in the overnight results. Holman got 33 percent, or 5,119 votes. “It’s [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes  Current Keizer mayor Lore Christopher has taken the initial lead in the battle for mayor. Once the initial results were posted by Marion County Elections division around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Christopher had a healthy lead on challenger David McKane, currently a member of the Keizer City Council. With nearly [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes  Marlene Quinn is leading the race for Keizer City Council position 3. Initial results posted Tuesday night showed Quinn leading the three-way battle with 46.05 percent of the vote, for a total of 3,879 votes with 91.8 percent of precincts reporting. Eamon Bishop stood second with 31.8 percent of [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes  Ken LeDuc has won a place on the Keizer City Council. LeDuc was running for the Position 2 currently held by Brandon Smith, who entered the race late as a write-in candidate. In initial results posted by the Marion County Elections division, LeDuc garnered 87.81 percent of the vote, [...]

Per Marion County Election division: “We still have voters In line and in the process of voting. We estimate that the first reports will be posted between 9-9:30 PM.”