News for those who live, work and play in the Santiam Canyon

North Santiam Chamber of Commerce

NS Chamber awards program set for April 24

The North Santiam Chamber of Commerce will be passing out awards for good works in the community on Wednesday, April 24 at Santiam High. Individuals, businesses and groups will be honored in 10 categories, with […]

Art Mart returns Saturday in Mill City

Hearts to Arts will host Art Mart from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at the Stewart’s Hall/Oddfellows building, 158 SW Broadway, just across the bridge in Mill City.  Art Mart is a […]

Pancake team seeks donations for Mari-Linn

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, […]

Freres Lumber

Freres starts employee vanpools

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 […]

The camping area at John Neal Park in Lyons was not impacted by the 2020 wildfires. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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 […]

KYAC Radio

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 […]