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Santiam Hospital & Clinics

Santiam Hospital may join forces with Samaritan

Santiam Hospital & Clinics  is working on a potential affiliation with Samaritan Health Services that likely will lead to the hospital teaming up with Samaritan. The Stayton-based hospital issued a press release Wednesday, May 22, […]

Kim Dwyer, left, Service Integration Team coordinator for Santiam Hospital, Adam Culbertson, owner of Home-Grown Remedies, Stayton Mayor Brian Quigley and Sgt. Dean Butler and Sgt. Sofia Bilenberg of the Stayton Police Department are shown at the temporary warming center at the Stayton Public Library. The center opened Friday night and operated through Tuesday. Submitted Photo

Warming center eases wild weekend

It was a cold, snowy, icy weekend in the Santiam Canyon. Schools were closed, athletic events were canceled, King holiday plans were torpedoed and some enterprising community members decided to take action and open a […]

Annette Jensen, middle, celebrates her award with Maggie Hudson, left, and Melissa Baurer, right.

Jensen earns SIT Surfboard award

For more than 35 years, Annette Jensen has dedicated her life to serving her community. “People are more powerful than their circumstances,” said Jensen, the 2021-2022 recipient of Santiam Service Integration’s Surfboard award. “They have […]