Tangent News

A starter disaster kit provided during an emergency preparedness class includes a bucket, sealable plastic bags, garbage sacks, water, food, rubber gloves and a form to develop a family emergency plan.

Steve Kurtz, owner of Xtreme Xteriors of Lebanon, applies caulk to the siding of Dirrell Harpera s new home.

In the last seven years, Phil Gerbyshak figures he has spent three to five hours a day every workday in a meeting.

A rude awakening and a call to duty: firefighters in Tangent, Ore., responded to a structure fire in the early morning hours of Saturday.

Harvest time is approaching for grass seed growers in Oregon's Willamette Valley, but many have yet to unload last year's crop.

Linn County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating the shooting deaths of two Tangent dogs as their owner wonders who would hurtA such innocent pets.

Deep Photonics, a developer of fiber laser technology for the semiconductor, electronics and photovoltaic markets, recently opened a new materials processing applications lab at its corporate headquarters in Corvallis, Ore.

The recently passed legislation to phase out grass seed field burning in Oregon has Cody Younger shaking his head.

A rash of burglaries has been reported this week at rural homes in Linn County. Sheriff's deputies are considering whether burglaries in Stayton, Scio and Tangent are connected.

Significant weather advisory for Central Marion County and North Central Linn County and for the following areas: Sublimity, Lyons, Mehema and Silver Falls.

June 4, 2009 A Thursday's thunderstorms hit many part of western Oregon including Cottage Grove, Shedd and Albany.

May 21, 2009 - The DIRTcar Northwest I-5 Late Model Series launches its inaugural 2009 campaign with a huge weekend of racing in Oregon beginning Friday night at Cottage Grove Speedway followed by the two-day Memorial Classic at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore.

Cathrine Thomas of Sweet Home is most concerned with maintaining LBCCa s valuable programs during the recession and hiring the right new president, she said.

Bid Date/Time: June 2, 2009, 2 p.m. POSTED: 04:32 PM PDT Thursday, May 14, 2009 BY DJC STAFF In November 2006, Greater Albany Public School District voters approved a $55 million bond measure to build a new school, make additions to existing schools, and provide rehabilitation and improvements to the remaining schools in the district.