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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 […]

Scales of Justice

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 […]

Scales of Justice

Legal Matters

Local man arrested for rape, kidnapping A Mehama man has been arrested for rape and kidnapping after allegedly forcing himself on a female victim last month. Robert Adam Neuman, 47, of Mehama, was arrested Sept. […]

No contested races in Detroit or Gates

It’s official. There are no local contested races anywhere in the Santiam Canyon on the Nov. 5 ballot.  When voters mail in their ballots they will be either voting for candidates who are running unopposed, […]

North Santiam Chamber of Commerce

Public invited to chamber After Hours

The North Santiam Chamber of Commerce is inviting everyone to its After Hours, Thursday, Sept. 19, 6:30 p.m. An opportunity to meet the chamber board and discuss ideas to improve the economic vitality of the […]