News for those who live, work and play in the Santiam Canyon
The Linn County Board of Commissioners has amended a setback rule for industrial farms to only apply to chicken ranches rather than other livestock operations, correcting what they described as a misunderstanding. During a public […]
Santiam Hospital & Clinics celebrated the achievements of its Service Integration program on Friday, June 14, on the north lawn of the hospital. A crowd of about 75 people was on hand, including Linn County […]
ATI in Millersburg is continuing to make multi-million-dollar investments in new equipment and plant modifications, the latest project totaling $73.6 million, John Pascone of the Linn Economic Development Group told the Board of Commissioners June […]
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker have again unanimously approved the annual First-Time Youth Wage Grant program for its 18th year. Linn County uses economic development funds generated by the Video […]
Oregon Department of Forestry board members have approved a habitat conservation plan for the state’s forests. The 4-3 split vote on March 7 in Salem is not the final word on the contentious issue. The […]
A draft Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) aimed at balancing timber harvesting with protecting endangered species ran into serious criticism Feb. 23 at a meeting of the Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee in Salem. The panel, […]
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 […]
Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker approved spending $228,774 to digitize thousands of records housed in the Assessment and Taxation Office at their board meeting Feb. 6. Deputy Assessor Matt Pitcher […]
ALBANY —A project several years in the making came to fruition Tuesday morning, when Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker approved an Operating Licensing Agreement that will allow the Linn County […]
On Dec. 12, Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker took a major step toward defining where Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) can be built in Linn County, approving a code text change that […]
