Stayton News

Looking for an inexpensive and fun race to kick off your June? The 24th Annual Santiam Hospital Fun Run features a 3k, 5k, and 8k and is only $5 . I have ran this race before and really enjoy it.

The Schreiner's stop will be weather permitting and if the iris are in bloom. Garden members can bring guests and nonmembers are welcome.

Thanks to their expansive root systems, the maple trees in downtown Stayton soon will be kindling, and new trees will replace them as part of the city's sidewalk program.

Neighbors called deputies to the 38800 block of SW 2nd Place in Scio after a woman's three ran for help on Monday around 3:30 a.m. The two men told deputies that they tried to separate the couple and restrain Tyler Michael Burnard, 29, inside the master bedroom.

Resolution sponsor Rep. Mark Johnson says there's a craft brewery in every legislative district.

Waterpower has always been a major component of this area of Marion County. Stayton was founded by Drury Smith Stayton, who purchased 29 acres of forest land in 1866 and, with his son, began digging a ditch off the North Santiam River to bring water to the industries of the town that would be named for him.

Stayton Police arrested a drunk driver early this morning who had abandoned his car after hitting a parked car, according to Police Chief Rich Sebens.

A Stayton author series, a living history project in Monmouth and Salem's World Beat Festival are among the projects that will share nearly $40,000 in Oregon Cultural Trust grants in Marion and Polk counties.

The city cut a lot of trees saying they were pushing up the sidewalks, some were, but some were not, and they were big healthy trees.

The Stayton City Council on Aprli 15 voted 4-1 against reducing the Natural Resources Overlay District flanking man-made waterways from 50 to 25 feet.

The Santiam Canyon Father Daughter Ball was a night straight out of a fairy tale, complete with princesses big and small wearing gowns, corsages and tiaras, and doting dads who were filling in for Prince Charming.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office received a call about the crash at the intersection of Shaff Road and West Stayton Road SE, south of Aumsville, at 10:57 p.m. When first responders arrived, they found the driver had hit a sign pointing the way to Aumsville and Stayton before crashing into the power pole, said Deputy Jacob Thompson.

Stayton Police are searching for a suspect in the theft of property from Stayton High School's athletics department.

It was night of pink balloons, streamers, cupcakes and cookies, S'mores and candles in Mason jars, it was the 2013 Santiam High School prom, which was held with a theme of "Footloose." In keeping with the theme, many students eschewed gowns and tuxes and showed up in Carharts work clothes, cowboy hats and boots.

Larry Pander , volunteer firefighter, Holcomb Fire Department in Holcomb, Kan. Jack Carriger , fire chief, Stayton Fire District in Stayton, Ore.