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The drawdown of Green Peter Reservoir in 2023 and 2024 and the resulting downstream damage on the South Santiam River and its watershed has led to a lawsuit. The cities of Lebanon and Sweet Home […]
In 2021 the Stayton Public Library Foundation (SPLF) – supported by private donations, grants and legislative funding from the State of Oregon – partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program to provide monthly, no cost, […]
About 20 Detroit-area residents as well as a healthy cadre of about 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees gathered Saturday, May 31 at Detroit City Hall to discuss Detroit Lake and possible changes in […]
The Santiam Canyon has moved off of DEFCON 5 amid a change of timing on the part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps, which was planning to draw down Detroit Lake to […]
A tiny plot of land in downtown Detroit has been named a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. The federation, through its Garden for Wildlife program, honors green spaces and landscapers for creating […]
Melissa Baurer, Santiam Hospital & Clinics’ director of integration health and outreach, recently returned from a four-day trip to Los Angeles for a gathering of officials who have dealt with megafires. Baurer was in LA […]
Santiam school districts have received word from the state regarding this year’s Common School Fund payments. Oregon’s K-12 public schools will receive a record $74.2 million from the Common School Fund in 2024, state officials […]
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, who is starting her second year in office, was the featured speaker at a Salem Chamber of Commerce event on Jan. 8 at the Salem Convention Center. The event, which attracted a […]
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 […]
Santiam Canyon residents are throwing support behind a state bill that could prevent property taxes from increasing for wildfire survivors forced to rebuild their homes. Senate Bill 1012 would stabilize the assessed values of qualifying […]