Silverton News

East Valley folks won't have to go far this Fourth of July to find fun. Here's a listing of area events for the Independence Day holiday.

Photos of his wife and daughter above his desk, Sergeant Tim Sparks surfs the Web on this base less than a marathon run away from Iran.

A Silver Falls School District teacher appeared in court last week on accusations that she raped and sexually abused a boy for four years, starting when he was 13.

Sharon and Lou Mc-Nicoll of Salem can't remember the first time they attended the Silverton Hills Strawberry Festival, but guess it was some time in the '70s. On Sunday, hundreds of fresh strawberry shortcakes were served at the annual event at Coolidge-McClaine Park in downtown Silverton.

After years of crafting handmade jewelry, Michele Deck and her daughter Anita, 16, finally have a store to showcase their work.

A bill to phase out most field burning by Willamette Valley grass seed farmers was approved Thursday by the Oregon Senate in one of the most contentious environmental debates of the 2009 session.

A Silverton Elementary School teacher was arrested Tuesday by Salem Police detectives and charged with sexually abusing a teenager.

Alderson is alleged to have had an ongoing sexual relationship between 2002 and 2006 with a boy who was 13 years of age when it began.

As the Oregon School Activities Association redistricting committee has released eight draft proposals for new school alignments since September, Kennedy athletic director Kevin Moffatt has tried to stay calm.

The cardboard box sits on an old file cabinet near the counter at Fall Line Sports in Silverton, a witness to the years it's been needed.

A legislative committee has advanced a proposed phaseout of field burning, clearing the way for a full Senate vote on one of the more contentious environmental issues facing lawmakers this year.

In an effort to keep Monitor School from closing, a group of parents is working on a plan to increase enrollment, as well as alternatives for the rural K-8 school.

Looking back with the perspective of 50 years, Michael Smith realizes what a great thing it was to live in New York City's Greenwich Village in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The staff at Silverton High School saw the graduating seniors off Thursday and now are waiting for their own journey, down the street to the new Pine Street campus.

The Oregon Center for Public Policy says the legislature must enact HB 2649 and HB 3405 to avoid further harming Oregonians, particularly the most vulnerable.

Marion-Polk Food Share is seeking volunteers to help serve free lunches in rural communities this summer.

Appeal Tribune Ernest Campbell is gone, but the Christian ministry he built at Canyonview Camp near Silverton lives on.

Silverton residents can expect higher sewer bills next month, partly due to the economy.

Silverton High School's graduation ceremony didn't turn out as planned because a weather advisory forecasting thunderstorms and lightning prompted school officials to move Thursday's ceremony indoors.

A series of powerful and dangerous thunderstorms began roaring through western Oregon Thursday afternoon, prompting multiple warnings from the National Weather Service.