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WEEKLY EVENTS Monday Stayton Community Food Bank – 9 a.m. – noon, 1210 Wilco Road. Monday – Friday. 503-769-4088 Group Fitness – 10:30 – 11:15 a.m., Canyon Service Center, 844 S First Ave., Mill City. […]
Santiam girls go on the road for 2A playoffs
The Santiam High girls basketball team goes on the road for the first round of the playoffs. The Wolverines, 14-13, are the No. 15 seed in Class 2A and will visit No. 2 Bandon, 24-2, […]
Linn County Sheriff’s Office Log: Feb. 12 – 20
Feb. 12 Warrant, 2:12 p.m., Gates School Road, Gates. Male, 56, of Gates was arrested and transported to Linn County Jail on a Circuit Court warrant. 911 Hang-up, 3:16 p.m., SW Beech Street, Scio. Deputies […]
Bills introduced to protect fire settlements from taxation
Oregon lawmakers are considering tax exemptions for fire survivors as PacifiCorp braces itself for billions of dollars in possible payouts over the 2020 Labor Day fires. At the opening of the 2024 legislative session Feb. […]
County seeks grant for Lyons park
ALBANY — Linn County Parks & Recreation director Stacey Whaley was given a green light by the Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning to apply for a grant from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to […]
Property tax relief for fire survivors reintroduced
A state bill providing property tax relief for survivors of the 2020 wildfires has been reintroduced during the current legislative session after a similar bill failed in 2023. SB 1545, introduced Feb. 5 by Sen. […]
KYAC raising funds for Emergency Alert System
Based in Mill City, KYAC community radio needs to update its Emergency Alert System per Federal Communication Commission mandates. “The FCC now requires all radio stations to have either new updated firmware for all existing […]
Deputy indicted for fraud
A Linn County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputy has been indicted for allegedly using confidential medical records to defraud an elderly Mill City man of his personal property last winter. Steven Ray Church, 59, of Mill […]
Legal Matters: Aumsville man gets 28 months for DV incident
An Aumsville man arrested last year for alleged kidnapping has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges. Steele James Davidson, 30, pleaded guilty Feb. 6 in Marion […]
In Memoriam: Bryan Wolf (April 24, 1946 – Dec. 26, 2023)
Bryan Robert Wolf, 77, died Dec. 26, 2023, from injuries he sustained from a bad fall at the end of November. Bryan was born in on April 24, 1946, Oroville, California, to Jack and Maxine […]
