By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Earlier, there had been calls to not rush the budget process, using an extra meeting if necessary to get through everything. In the end, the Keizer Budget Committee approved an amended fiscal year 2013-14 budget at its May 9 meeting, going just a few minutes past the scheduled end [...]

An alert bystander helped save two Salem teenagers near the Keizer Rapids Boat Ramp last weekend. At approximately 6 p.m. last Saturday, May 11, two swimmers were rescued from the banks of the Willamette River in Keizer after they were stranded following a near-tragic river crossing. Sherwin Schnell of Independence was sitting at the water’s [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes More funding could be on the way to help fund the parks system in Keizer. Members of the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion calling for $2 a month to be added to water bills in Keizer. That would create an estimated $336,000 [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Ron Christopher is one of two people running for a spot on the Keizer Fire District board. Meanwhile, no one is officially running for the Salem-Keizer Transit subdistrict No. 2 seat Christopher has held since May 2009. “I’m going to miss being on the transit board,” said Christopher, husband [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The way U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) sees it, not enough of his colleagues in Congress are being honest enough with constituents. During comments at a Keizer Rotary luncheon May 2, the 5th District representative shared frustration about the lack of information being shared regarding the ongoing budget woes, [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A Monday afternoon fire is causing heavy damage at Apple Blossom Apartments. Officials with Keizer Fire District and Keizer Police Department closed Apple Blossom Avenue N between River Road N and 2nd Avenue N around 3 p.m. Monday, May 13. Additional firefighting units were still arriving an hour later. [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes For the second time in less than a week, Keizer Police Department personnel responded to a suspicious package call early Monday morning, May 13. As was the case May 7 when a similarly suspicious object was found by the water pump station on Cherry Avenue, the Salem Police [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Sometime this year, Marc Adams will no longer be Keizer’s police chief. Adams, chief of the Keizer Police Department since 1997, had originally planned to retire in March 2014. That later changed to the end of 2013. Yet another change has prompted a rather fluid end date. Adams now [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Shawna Fenison appreciates her late son being honored. Now, she hopes Ryan Hill will be remembered for generations to come. A step towards that took place Monday evening, as emotional members of the Keizer City Council unanimously approved a resolution to name park property in Keizer Station Area A [...]