News for those who live, work and play in the Santiam Canyon
PacifiCorp has proposed a new customer fee to offset wildfire losses not covered by its insurer amid the likelihood of billions of dollars in pending legal payouts. In a Feb. 15 filing with state regulators, […]
Freres Engineered Wood has petitioned to intervene in PacifiCorp’s attempts to impose limits on customer lawsuits, while a deadline for intervenor briefs has been pushed back a week. The company filed with the Oregon Public […]
The Mill City Lions Club has raised nearly $12,000 to present to deserving local students as a result of its annual Sweethearts Dinner. The event was held Feb. 10 in the Freres Family Gymnasium at […]
PacifiCorp has asked the court to throw out a recent $84.2 million wildfire verdict as a new jury is set to hear additional claims later this month. On Feb. 12 the company filed a multi-pronged […]
The Mari-Linn eighth grade class is seeking donations for a March 9 pancake breakfast fundraiser. Proceeds will benefit the Promotion After Party. Items needed include pancake mix, syrup, sausage links and/or patties, hash brown patties, […]
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has been given until March 11 to respond to a $33 million federal lawsuit by Freres Engineered Wood over the 2020 Santiam Fire. The defendant was served with notice of […]
Efforts to acquire a grant to help reopen the Little North Santiam Trail go before an Oregon State Parks committee next week. The trail, which provides access to some of the most popular attractions in […]
The Oregon Department of Forestry is still seeking Volunteer Camp Hosts to support operations at eight campgrounds across the Tillamook, Clatsop, and Santiam State Forests for the 2024 season. Campgrounds operate from May through October […]
Freres Engineered Wood, the largest employer in the Santiam Canyon, is setting up a commuter vanpool system to help employees get to its Mill City and Lyons plants from Salem and Albany. Freres has approximately […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has chimed in again on the political backwash over the catastrophic drawdown last fall at Green Peter and Lookout Point reservoirs that killed thousands of fish and led to South Santiam […]
