News for those who live, work and play in North Santiam Canyon
The new emergency room setup at Santiam Hospital & Clinics will feature a separate pediatrics room because of a grant the hospital has received. The Oregon Community Foundation’s Doris J. Wipper fund has awarded the […]
Arrest for alleged firearm threat An Aumsville man has been charged after allegedly threatening to shoot a Stayton woman. Daniel John Nelson, 32, was charged Feb. 26 in Marion County Circuit Court with unlawful use […]
When Vernon Staley was born on Wednesday, March 26, 1924, no one could have known what the next 100 years might hold. All that was clear on that day was that Vernon – the first […]
Santiam Hospital has received a $5,000 grant that will allow for a second Seasons of Safety program in the Stayton/Santiam Canyon area. The Willamette Health Council awarded the community benefit initiative grant to the hospital’s […]
Webb ‘indigent,’ gets new trial date The trial of Eric Raymond Webb, an Aumsville man accused of vehicular manslaughter, has again been delayed after he could no longer afford a private attorney. On Feb. 13, […]
Santiam Heritage Foundation’s February events at the Brown House Event Center includes “Oregon 150 Years of Statehood: 150 Million Years in the Making,” a traveling exhibition from the Oregon Historical Society. The exhibit is provided […]
City officials recognized the legacy of the late Hank Porter during the most recent meeting of the Stayton City Council, acknowledging Porter’s many decades in civic leadership. Porter died at age 81 on Dec. 26, […]
Round one is in the books, with round two coming up in just a couple of weeks on Feb. 9. The Stayton-Cascade hoops rivalry, for my money the best in the Willamette Valley, turned in […]
The new owners of the former NORPAC factory in Stayton are optimistic they will be able to renovate the building and secure additional tenants within the next year or so. During a presentation to the Stayton Sublimity Chamber of Commerce Nov. 28, developers shared their […]
A Stayton man accused of seriously injuring a woman during an assault last summer has been denied a bail reduction as he awaits trial. Jeremy Don Ellis, 42, has been held in the Marion County […]