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

Mike Long golf event set for Sept. 14

Mark your calendars folks. The 23rd Mike Long Youth Benefit Golf Tournament is set for Saturday, Sept. 14. The event gets underway with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. at Mallard Creek Golf Course in […]

Rep. Jami Cate

Fire survivor tax bill win ‘bitter-sweet’

The passage of two bills providing tax relief for wildfire survivors earlier this month in the Oregon legislature was a “bitter-sweet” victory for Rep. Jami Cate. The Lebanon Republican strongly lobbied for bills that exempted […]

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 […]

Santiam Wolverines

Santiam hosts countywide wrestling tourney

Bragging rights for all of Linn County will be on the line Jan. 4, when Santiam High hosts the annual Linn County Wrestling Championship. Wrestling begins at 9:30 a.m., with Wolverines coach Kerry Crowston estimating […]