Jefferson News

The rains have kept the river high for about three weeks. Clarity has been tolerable, so a few anglers have been fishing a few places that will hold resting steelhead and salmon even when most of the river is too high for comfort.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office appealed to the public for help today in locating a man suspected of breaking into an unoccupied house in Jefferson.

The Marion County Sheriff Office is asking for the public's help finding a driver who struck a 700 pound steer on a road south of Marion then drove away.

Jefferson firefighters responded to a structure fire at 10:46 this morning. Firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire at 13334 Marlatt Road S, to find heavy smoke showing from a wood drying kiln.

Emergency dispatchers this morning reported no traffic-blocking crashes in the Mid-Valley. State roadways are clear too, according to state police dispatchers and Oregon Department of Transportation.

Stayton/Sublimity Chamber of Commerce's Main Street Committee invites the community to trick-or-treat at downtown Stayton businesses for Halloween.

Smoke billowed over the rolling hills Monday afternoon in this Marion County town, sandwiched between Salem and Albany, of 2,500 people.

A few raindrops and cooler weather will remove some of the humanity near the North Santiam River this next week.

A furnace fire was reported at Cascade High School just after 6 a.m. Wednesday. Maintenance staffers at the school reported the fire, which started in the school entryway.

Jefferson High School senior Michael Nelson is greeted by applause from classmates after reading a personal poem aloud.

On Oct. 1 my son and I stayed overnight in square shaped room, 16 by 16 feet, that was built in 1958.

Two Jefferson women were arrested Saturday on drug charges, though they denied responsibility for the drugs found in their car.

Should neighborhood high schools in Portland be 900 students? 1,500? Is there a difference between the two? Should every school offer multiple art classes or language immersion? Those are the questions that Portland School Board members began tackling Monday night as they discussed the ongoing redesign of the district's high schools.

Two or three weeks ago, one lonesome Coho arrived at the fish trap above Packsaddle, and another was observed on the Little North Fork about 9 miles upstream from the main river.

Marion County sheriff's deputies investigating a burglary in Jefferson on Friday also discovered a legal marijuana grow guarded by an illegal booby trap.

A 43-year-old man trying to protect his legal pot-grow operation in Marion County - both from burglars and sticky fingers - got a jail visit of his own Friday.

Kimberly Santana is launching an accounting business in Jefferson with a grand opening today.

JORDAN - It all starts with the chicken at the Jordan Chicken Dinner each year.

The Jefferson Fire District will be hosting a flu shot clinic on Wednesday, Sept.

World War II veteran Walter Johnson trained all summer for the Salem Bicycle Club's Peach of a Century bike ride Sunday.