Serving the communities of Mill City, Scio, Lyons, Mehama, Gates, Detroit, and Idanha
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is currently accepting applications for Volunteer Search and Rescue (SAR) Technicians. The search and rescue program is made of volunteers who are trained, motivated and willing to be called out […]
A student drop off at Centennial Grade School in Scio turned into a frightening moment on Monday, Nov. 4. At 7:38 a.m. the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a call reporting a firearm […]
Linn County has ordered evacuations for a large area of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area because of the threat posed by the Bingham Fire. The fire, which had consumed 181 acres at the most recent […]
An Albany woman was sentenced to nearly two years in prison after pleading to her role in a vehicle fire near Jordan, the investigation of which revealed a large quantity of methamphetamine. Josie Doreen De […]
A Scio man charged with sexually assaulting his girlfriend claims the accusations were fabricated so the alleged victim could steal from the defendant while he was in jail. In a Sept. 9 filing in Linn […]
A Portland teenager was rescued by helicopter Sept. 1 after breaking his leg while backpacking at Duffy Lake. A press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office said the patient, 16, was with his mother […]
A McMinnville-area man has been arrested after allegedly firing a handgun at a Mill City man during a disturbance outside the local Dollar General. Travis Scott Johnson, 39, of Amity, was arrested Aug. 11 following […]
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office, we are now accepting applicants for the upcoming Fall Citizens Academy. The nine-weekacademy runs Sept. 18 through Nov. 13. Classes are 6 – 8 p.m. Wednesdays. There will also be […]
It was boot camp for search-and-rescue volunteers recently at a Weyerhaeuser property near Scio. A total of 11 hardy souls finished the course July 16 after 18 were accepted, an attrition rate probably comparable to […]
Mill City man charged with arson, vehicle theft A Mill City man is facing multiple charges after allegedly setting fire to a neighbor’s fence and then allegedly stealing another man’s pickup truck. Michel O’Dale Bristow, […]
