Linn-Benton Community College is holding free introductory workshops for low- to moderate-income individuals interested in starting or expanding a small business.

Scio Cub Scout Pack 326 will hold its fall open house at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Scio Baptist Church. Cub Scouts is open to boys ages 6-11.  For more information, call 503-394-2864 or 541-32

LEBANON — Jim and Joyce Voll, who have been square-dance calling and cueing in the mid-Willamette area for more than 25 years, have announced that they are retiring.

JEFFERSON — The next semi-annual road cleanup originally scheduled for this month has been rescheduled to 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Community Center. The event, sponsored by the Jefferson A

A driver training program for volunteers to help recovering cancer patients will be presented at the Samaritan Albany Cancer Resource Center on Saturday, Sept. 25.

Gary E. Tackett has  been named director of advertising sales for Mid-Valley Newspapers. He started work Tuesday.

A bowl-a-thon fundraiser for Lebanon cancer patient Doug Neal will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Lakeshore Lanes, 5432 Pacific Blvd. S.W., Albany. Neal is a former longtime Entek employee.

The Albany Parks & Recreation Department has canceled the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast fundraiser scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 11, at Applebee’s due to lack of ticket sales.

On Patriots Day, Saturday, Sept. 11, several restaurants in Linn County will donate a percentage of proceeds to Operation Santa for deployed troops.

Following an investigation, Linn County sheriff’s detectives on Tuesday served a search warrant on 37874 Middle Ridge Road near Sodaville, where they said they seized 19 marijuana plants and about 1

PORTLAND (AP) - As a new school year began at Portland's Skyline School, the father of a missing boy last seen at that school on June 4 joined volunteers working on a nearby ``Wall of Hope'' in honor

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Police say a 33-year-old Salem woman died after the raft on which she was floating overturned in the McKenzie River.

PORTLAND (AP) - The end of the summer driving season has pushed average gas prices below $3 a gallon in Oregon.

EUGENE (AP) - A longtime friend of a man accused of using an Islamic charity to smuggle money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya has testified that defendant Pete Seda wanted to promote peace and help orp

EUGENE (AP) - The state is considering three more areas on the Oregon coast to be designated as marine reserves.

GATES - A renter at a Gates-area house that was heavily damaged by a fire Aug. 30 has been charged with first-degree arson.

PEORIA - Peoria Road Farm Market stands out in a big way, occupying a new red barn on Peoria Road about 1.5 miles from Highway 34.

Linn County is one of 10 in Oregon that could face cuts in revenue if Comcast Corp. is successful in a court fight over property taxes.

Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010

SCIO — Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary will host its eighth annual Wine and Music at the Farm from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25. The event will feature a no-host wine bar and vegetarian food, and dancin