Silverton News

Sometime late Thursday night or early Friday morning Pacific time Silverton Union High School graduate and NASA astronaut Don Pettit is expected to grapple with a 20 foot-by-12 foot, 9,000-pound spacecraft.

Let me see if I have this right. The Statesman Journal prints a guest opinion on May 18 from Rep.

Let me see if I have this right. The Statesman Journal prints a guest opinion on May 18 from Rep.

The West Salem High School softball team lost 2-0 to Tualatin in Tuesday's second round of the OSAA... A man and woman living in Silverton have been given prison time and probation after being convicted of growing marijuana in their home near Robert Frost Elementary School and Silverton Christian School.

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It's the peak of asparagus season, and Mount Angel's Glockenspiel Restaurant celebrates with its annual "Spargelzeit" - which is German for "asparagus time." In addition to a special menu featuring asparagus, the restaurant is hosting a cooking contest where home cooks can compete for an overnight stay at the Oregon Garden Resort in nearby ... (more)

Three gold medals, one silver medal and 38 total points. Not a bad haul for Dayton's A.J. Hedgecock.

When: 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday Where: Town Square Park, corner of Main at S Water streets Cost: Park entry, $20 ages 12 and older; younger than age 12 free.

A truck dumps 12 tons of Blue lake green beans, from King Farms in Silverton, at the Truitt Brothers Cannery in Salem.

The car title was used as collateral, and it turned out to be a good investment.