News for those who live, work and play in North Santiam Canyon
Former Stayton City Council candidate Steve Sims has been appointed to the council to fill a vacancy created when Mayor Brian Quigley took office this year. Sims was appointed unanimously during the council’s regular meeting […]
Local special districts will have open board positions during the May 16 Primary Election, and the deadline to apply as a candidate and appear on the ballot is March 16. Districts with open positions include: […]
Aumsville has received another $1.25 million to help its effort to replace its water treatment facility. In one of the last acts of his seven terms in Congress, U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader of the 5th District […]
The City of Stayton has partnered with a lobbying firm to pursue $14.5 million in federal grants for local infrastructure development, with efforts to begin in earnest this March. The city is working with Salem […]
The City of Lyons has been awarded a $1.52 million state grant to improve pedestrian safety at Mari-Linn Elementary School. The awards were announced Jan. 12 by the Oregon Department of Transportation as part of […]
The discussion of how to manage Detroit Lake levels and the fate of endangered fish stocks continued on Jan. 12 in Stayton. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers held a public meeting to discuss the […]
Stayton has a new police chief after Gwen Johns, a police captain, was sworn in following the retirement of former Police Chief Dave Frisendahl. Police Chief Johns assumed her position during a ceremony Nov. 28 […]
Stayton has formed a Homeless Task Force made of community and business leaders to explore local housing challenges after more than two-dozen applicants expressed interest in the committee. The task force was formed Dec. 19 […]
Aumsville will head into the new year one person short of a full city council. Nico Casarez (940 votes) and Della Seney (870) easily were re-elected to new terms, but no one came forward to […]
Sublimity’s public drinking water system is one of 150 throughout the state to be monitored by the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for the presence of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a […]