Mehama News

A $5 fee is being charged at the Three Pools day-use area on Little North Fork of the Santiam River.

Some rain and some snow melt last week provided fairly high water for the North Santiam River, but the weather has stabilized, and the forecasts for both weather and river level are stable and favorable.

The Mehama Ball Park has elected a new board, as follows. President: JD Burns Vice President: Chris Brown Treasurer: Melanie Moore Secretary: Pam Philippi Equipment Manager: Jeff Rook Head of Concessions:Shannan Brown The board's meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the Mehama Fire Hall.

The melting snow is disappearing and the glaciers are smaller this week. The recent warm weather has provided a lot of runoff, and Detroit Lake is full.

Brian Huber, a 17-year-old from Lyons, placed an ad on Craigslist looking for yard work in the Lyons/Mehama area for the summer.

The big top is coming to the canyon. Culpepper and Merriweather Circus will visit Gates Elementary School grounds Tuesday.

A massage therapist and an acupuncturist have been helping people in the canyon area achieve balance since fall of last year.

Partly sunny with a chance of showers is the forecast for the next week, up until May 5. In between the showers and clouds, we may have good weather, good fishing, and good river trips.

The river level has been dropping a little because of the shortage of rainfall. The North Santiam has been clearing up and is more clear than steelhead green.

The North Santiam Chamber of Commerce welcomed spring break visitors to the canyon with a brand-new Visitors' Information Center in Mill City, which was unveiled on March 23.

Officials are looking for a man they think burglarized two businesses in Santiam Canyon early Wednesday.

About 280 steelhead swam over Willamette Falls in the first four days of March. All those fish are probably swimming by Buena Vista right now, and most of them will go up the mainstream Santiam River on their ...

Fifty steelhead per day is a big number that will provide some action for experienced anglers if it continues for several weeks.

It is true that a couple of excellent anglers have been catching and releasing a few wild winter steelhead in the Mehama area.

River flows are expected to remain high for another week while recent rain and snow run down the mountain from Detroit Lake.

A recent surge of heavy rains and strong wind gusts in the Santiam Canyon that caused landslides, flooding and downed trees, have subsided.

A recent surge of heavy rains and strong wind gusts in the Silverton and Stayton areas that caused landslides, flooding and downed trees, has subsided.

Howling winds on New Year's Day in parts of eastern Marion County knocked out power to an estimated 3,000 homes from Stayton to Mill City.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! The North Santiam River is pretty snowed in today, and it looks like we will need four wheel drive vehicles just to get to most of the boat ramps.

EsThe big freeze started here yesterday and it is scheduled to last for a week or more.