Linn County News

Police raided a poppy field in a clearcut east of here and pulled over 8,000 plants Tuesday after surveillance failed to generate any leads in the case.

More than 8,000 poppy plants were destroyed by police after someone tipped them off to the illegal crop in Linn County.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski will sign a bill phasing out field burning next year in the Willamette Valley - but not in the hills around Silverton.

A coalition of livestock producers in Linn County is trying to find enough money to help keep its federal trapper.

The Oregon Senate is scheduled to vote today on a scaled-down version of the field-burn ban, which would phase out 62 percent of the acres burned each year in the Willamette Valley.

On Thursday, June 18, 2009, at about 4:30 p.m., Albany Police Detectives took 64-year old Albany resident, Ralph Hawthorne, into custody on 3 counts of Sex Abuse in the Third Degree.

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.

A Linn County judge has ruled in favor of a man accused of trying to sell his girlfriend's baby.

A ban on all open and backyard burning will take effect on June 15 in Linn, Benton and Marion counties.

Becky Hurst and Andy Franklin were married at Elm Street Baptist Church on May 10, 2008.

After six years without 24-hour Oregon State Police patrols in the Linn and Benton county areas, the OSP Albany Area Command office will resume around-the-clock coverage on Sunday.

We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. A tornado warning was in effect for central Marion County and north-central Linn County until 4 p.m. At 3:35 p.m., National Weather Service radar showed a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Lyons, 17 miles west of Detroit, moving northwest at 20 mph.

A person found dead early this morning from a gunshot wound is likely connected to three armed robberies in Albany, according to the Linn County Sheriff's Office.

Peer court coordinator Gina Riley talks to high school students about the new peer court program.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lane and Linn counties Thursday afternoon as black clouds, lightning, rain and hail marched across the region.

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

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for north central Lane County and southwestern Linn County in western Oregon .

Two incumbents, Chanz Keeney and Dale Keene, retained their seats on May 19 in three contested District 55 School Board races while longtime community volunteer Billie Weber replaced seven-year board veteran Diane Gerson.

Water rescue teams from the Jefferson Fire District, Albany Fire Department and Linn County Sheriff's Office rescued six people from the North Santiam River early Sunday evening.

Demolition remains unfinished on these structures, located along the south side of the 1800 block of Tamarack Street.