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The tree climbing operation at Silver Falls State Park has expanded its offerings and now features tree camping. Leo Roden-Fischer, the entrepreneur who founded Tree Climbing at Silver Falls two years ago, notes “our half-day […]
Riders from Cascade and Stayton both turned in strong performances at the Oregon High School Equestrian Teams state meet, held May 11-14 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond. Cascade finished tenth in the medium […]
A 2-alarm fire damaged a pair of fuel storage silos at a Freres Engineered Wood facility in Lyons on June 23 night. The facility was closed at the time and neither firefighters nor Freres employees […]
Virtually every local fire agency is heading into fire season with a bit of extra muscle, courtesy of state grants. The Oregon State Fire Marshal has awarded $6 million in grants to 185 agencies throughout […]
A couple of big milestones will be set at this year’s 4th of July celebration in Stayton, which kicks off a month of summer fun in the Stayton area. This year marks the 50th anniversary […]
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek visited Aumsville on June 22, making a breakfast stop to discuss water treatment plant issues with city officials. The visit, which was closed to the media and the public, was the […]
The Brown House in Stayton will be one of just 12 sites to host an Oregon Historical Society exhibit on lawmaking milestones of the state Legislature. The Brown House will be open for exhibit touring […]
High jumping is simple. You set a horizontal bar on some posts and then ask athletes to jump over it. Simple. But when you get into the realms of high-level competition it becomes kind of […]
Someone, reportedly Harry Truman, once said, and I’m paraphrasing here, that it is amazing what can get done when no one demands the credit. That quote is running through my mind as I try to […]
North Santiam School District board member Erin Cramer was re-elected to a second term in Position 2, Zone 2 inthe May 16 election. He defeated challenger Amy McKenzie Watts. Cramer, who had 59.32% of the […]