Les Zaitz
Publisher at Malheur Enterprise
Editor at Salem Reporter
On a glide path to retirement. No, seriously. A half century is sufficient. Still, Malheur Enterprise and Salem Reporter. And then there's my ranch.
Articles
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1 day ago |
keizertimes.com | Les Zaitz
A years-long effort to make it safer to work for the city of Keizer safer culminated in a rare designation for City Hall recently. The city successfully recently completed a special state program aimed at driving down workplace injuries. No other city in Oregon has done so, graduating from SHARP – the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program managed by Oregon OSHA.
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1 day ago |
keizertimes.com | Les Zaitz
The 75th run of the community celebration now called KeizerFEST kicks off on a four-day run on Thursday, May 15, that will include live music, art, a big parade, food and a big dose of good-natured fun. A small army of volunteers forms for the event hosted by the Keizer Chamber of Commerce. The 2025 edition marks a return to the days when the festival and big parade are held on the same weekend.
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2 days ago |
malheurenterprise.com | Les Zaitz
Idaho Power reported a power outage stretching from rural Malheur County east to Pocatello, Idaho. The company reported a total of 4,899 customers (not people) is impacted. The outage map shows the outage hitting Ontario, Vale and Nyssa.
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2 days ago |
malheurenterprise.com | Les Zaitz
NOTE: Ballots are due on Tuesday, May 20. They must be postmarked by that date, placed in ballot boxes around Malheur County or returned to the Malheur County Clerk’s Office in Vale. The Ontario Recreation District Board will get at least one new member following the May 20 election, while an incumbent for another seat faces a challenger. The recreation district is a special government entity, supported by property taxes and operating separately from the city of Ontario.
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5 days ago |
salemreporter.com | Les Zaitz
Born in Eugene and transplanted to Salem at age 10, Rich worked his way up the Willamette Valley to spend his adulthood in Portland. Even as a small child in Eugene, he was a neighborhood personality, legendarily walking at age 4 with a toddler buddy to the local grocery store to buy a pack of gum—and leaving behind a hand-drawn map as to their whereabouts. When young, he starred in several commercials for the local Bob’s Burgers chain, and later for Wunderland in Salem.
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Thanks, Mike. One ambition in retirement is to come find you and Erin.
I’ve never met @LesZaitz but hope to someday. The rural Oregon newspaper he and his wife have shepherded the last decade is THE model for community journalism. All the best to Les in retirement. Impossible to overstate the impact of its closure. https://t.co/pGQzEiXbR2
This is no time for the press to be meek or cowed. In rural Oregon, I take on a popular Republican Congressman's silence. https://t.co/bNvAYGPuv4
Despite the turmoil, there are those who see the value - the essential need - for local journalism. Congrats to the team of @investigatewest for earning this sort of support with stellar work.
At a moment when local news faces enormous challenges, two Seattle philanthropists have stepped up their support of InvestigateWest. https://t.co/I7YlgwqLU9
