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The Beech Street Commons has opened on property between Highway 22 and the North Santiam River on the westside of Mill City. The complex is intended to assist those still looking to recover from the 2020 wildfires. James Day

Mill City townhouse complex open for business

The largest housing project in Mill City history is ready for occupancy. Beech Street Commons, a 54-unit affordable housing property, has begun allowing tenants to move in. The property is on the west side of […]

Mill City Christian Church and Santiam Outreach Community Center, encourages everyone to enjoy Trunk or Treat 2024. A list of more local Halloween festivities can be found in the Calendar on page 6 of this week’s issue. c.mulikon/123rf.com

Halloween fun just around the corner

This Halloween families and children have an exciting and safe way to celebrate. Mill City Christian Church, in partnership with Santiam Outreach Community Center, is hosting Trunk or Treat 2024. “Trunk or Treat is a […]

Freres Engineered Wood crews put the finishing touches on a nearly 60,000 square foot warehouse at its Mill City plant. The new storage facility uses the company’s innovative mass plywood panel design to reduce its carbon footprint.

Freres unveils warehouse in Mill City

Freres Engineered Wood has debuted a new wood storage warehouse at its Mill City campus that reduces the carbon footprint that would have been in place if other materials had been used. The 58,000-square foot […]

The Corral Creek band, led by Ron Taylor, headlines an Oregon Bluegrass Association benefit concert at 2 p.m. Oct. 6 at Stewart’s Hall in Mill City. submitted PHOTO

Bluegrass benefit concert this Sunday

KYAC Community Radio will host a benefit concert this Sunday afternoon to benefit the Oregon Bluegrass Association. “Our good friends, the Corral Creek band from the Sherwood/Tualatin area, will be our host band for this […]

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Freres van pool program humming along

Freres Engineered Wood is the largest company in the Santiam Canyon, employing approximately 500 people at its plants in Lyons and Mill City. But in the post-2020 wildfire environment in the Canyon the challenge of […]

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Legal Matters

Former Mill City man pleads guilty to fatal DUII wreck A former Mill City man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a fatal DUII collision last year near Corvallis and faces at least 75 months […]