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11/12/2025

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11/12/2025

Our Town football playoffs
Silverton hosts Wilsonville; Kennedy gets Banks rematch

By James Day

It’s another showdown with Wilsonville for the Silverton High football team. The Foxes, ranked No;. 2 in Class 5A, host the No. 7 Wildcats at 7 p.m. Friday night at McGinnis Field.
The quarterfinal matchup marks the fourth time since 2022 that the two schools have tangled, and it will be the third such playoff meeting. Wilsonville won a 39-26 decision at Randall Stadium in the 2022 quarterfinals.
The two teams met twice last year, with the Foxes winning 45-27 at home during the league season and the Wildcats turning the tables on a 32-29 count in the semifinals.
Silverton advanced last week with a 49-12 home win against Crater, while Wilsonville escaped with a 45-42 win against Ridgeview of Redmond.
“Wilsonville is a good football team and well-coached,” Silverton coach Dan Lever told Our Town. “Both programs expect to be here and that usually makes for a pretty good football game.”
Wilsonville won a state title in 2023 with Kallen Gutridge at quarterback. Gutridge is now at Oregon State. The Wildcats repeated in 2024 with Mark Wiepert at the helm. Wiepert is now at Oregon. This year’s QB for veteran coach Adam Guenther is junior Trevor Glos, who threw for 440 yards and four TDs against Ridgeview.
“They always seem to have a good one,” Lever said of Wilsonville’s QB history. “It’s been fun to watch this kid develop throughout the season. He gets better with every game.”
Against Ridgeview, Glos completed a 20-yard pass to Roman Kealoha as Guenther gambled big on 4th-and-9 from their own 10-yard line trailing 42-38. Kealoha completed the drive with a 9-yard scoring run.
Wilsonville made hay with explosive plays throughout, with Glos connecting with Luke Carli for 43- and 66-yard scores and adding a 64-yarder to Keona Tam.
“They seem to keep getting better and we are better,” Lever said. “If you are a fan of Oregon 5A football you should be there.”
Foxes QB Chase Dominguez completed 17 of 19 passes for 4 TDs to lead the way against Crater. Logan Uitto set up a pair of scores with punt returns and Eli Little and the kickoff team kept Crater bottled up deep in its own territory for most of the game. In addition, place-kicker Caden Druliner went 7 for 7 on extra points.
“We take a lot of pride in winning all three phases,” Lever said of offense, defense and special teams. “If you win two phases, you’ll usually win the game. Our kids have embraced winning the whole game. I think this one will come down to four or 5 plays. Your mistakes will get magnified and it will be a question of who wins the key matchups.”
The Silverton-Wilsonville winner takes on Dallas or Mountain View in the semifinals.

Photo caption: Foxes QB Chase Dominguez looks for a receiver during last week’s 49-12 Class 5A playoff win against Crater. The Foxes host Wilsonville at 7 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
Credit: Becki Little photo

Kennedy vs. Banks
The Trojans, seeded seventh in Class 3A, take on No. 2 Banks at 7 p.m. at Hare Field in Hillsboro in the quarterfinals. Kennedy advanced with a 28-19 win against Santiam Christian, while the Braves defeated Sutherlin 39-8.
Kennedy and Banks know each other well. For the past three seasons the two teams have both played in Class 3A’s Special District I. Banks has won all three league games, by a 21-14 count in 2023, a 40-7 score in 2024 and a 42-7 margin on Oct. 10.
The Trojans, however, claimed a 15-7 win in the Class 3A semifinals in 2022, the last time the two squads faced off in the playoffs.
“Banks is a good football team with some special players,” JFK coach Joe Panuke told Our Town. “They are a lot like us. They (have the) ability to hurt you in the run, pass, and special teams game. We felt like we should have competed better in that (Oct. 10) game. We will definitely learn from the mistakes we made in the first game.”
Kennedy led Santiam Christian 21-19 at halftime and then pitched a shutout in the final two periods.
The only score of the second half was a 4-yard TD run by Colby Rich in the third period. The win earned the Trojans payback for last year’s 42-21 loss to the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs.
“We are very proud of how our team played on Friday,” Panuke said. “We challenged our guys to play with toughness and grit in the mud. The focus was to shut down their run game and not give up big plays in the passing game. Our defense played their best game of the year.”
Kennedy held S.C. to 60 yards rushing and the Trojans intercepted QB Brendan Fitzpatrick three times, two by Landon Kline and one by Stephen Handran.
Rich rushed for 57 yards and two scores while also hauling in a 30-yard TD pass from QB Brody Panuke, who passed for 1 64 yards and a pair of scores. The second TD was a 71-yarder to Kline, who finished with 84 yards on 3 catches.
Jesus Morales converted all four of his PAT kicks for Kennedy.

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11/11/2025

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11/08/2025

Our Town football
Silverton races past Crater, faces Wilsonville in quarterfinals

By James Day

The Silverton High football team moved into the Class 5A quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive season Friday night by taking down Crater of Central Point 49-12 at McGinnis Field.
The No. 2 Foxes, 9-1, move to the quarterfinals to face No. 7 Wilsonville, which survived a 45-42 shootout against No. 10 Ridgeview of Redmond. The game will be Friday, Nov. 14 at McGinnis. No time has been announced by the OSAA, but a 7 p.m. kickoff is likely.
For a quick summary of the Crater win and where the Foxes are headed, we turn to the results of a joint Our Town interview with first-team all district linebacker Luke Horner and defensive player of the year Lincoln Teeney.
LH: “We can still get a lot better.”
LT: “We’ve got a lot of work still to do.”
LH: “We’ve got something special here.”
All true. It’s the playoffs. You are here because you’ve worked hard and earned it. But you can’t be satisfied with a first-round victory.
“It was a good clean game,” summed up fourth-year coach Dan Lever, 37-8 in his Foxes career. “We’re right where we want to be. We were pretty sharp … we didn’t punt until our reserves were in. Overall, I feel like we’ve got a healthy team and this is the time of year where you want to get the win and move on.”
The Foxes outgained Crater 373-358, a laughably misleading stat given how Silverton dominated. And the domination was total: offense, defense and special teams. Here are a couple of examples:
Episode 1: The Foxes led 7-0 with 2:55 left in the first quarter after wide receiver Gavin Aguero hauled in a 22-yard TD pass from Chase Dominguez on a brilliantly executed out-and-up pattern. Eli Little’s kickoff and the return team work left Crater at its own 27. Three plays later on 4th-and-5 at the 32 the Comets punted the ball to Logan Uitto, who returned it 23 yards to the Crater 34. Four plays later Levi Schurter crashed into the end zone from the 2 for a 14-0 lead. Uitto set up the score with a 25-yard catch and run in which he broke a series of tackles.
Episode 2: Little kicked off again, with the coverage leaving the visitors at their own 18. Three plays later on 4th-and-8 at the 20 Crater punted again. The ball again bounced right to Uitto, who returned it 17 yards to the Crater 29. Two plays later Nolan Horner zipped 26 yards up the middle for a TD and a 21-0 lead.
There’s more.
Offense: Dominguez was surgically precise, hitting 17 of 19 passes for 248 yards and four TDs. That’s 9 TD throws in his past two games. Sutton Kuenzi caught 5 passes for 47 yards and 2 scores. Uitto caught 4 for 50. Aguero caught two for 62 yards and two TDs. Teeney and Horner caught two apiece. Schurter, Nash Moser, Nolan Horner and Dominguez all rushed for 24 yards or more.
Defense: Luke Horner stoned Crater QB Tremaine Smith for no gain on 4th-and-1 at the Comets’ 43 when the score was 28-12. James Collier had a fumble recovery. Ryan Kuenzi and Damian Rael teamed up on one sack of Smith, and Michael Orton and Logan Pawlak joined forces on another.
Special teams: Little was nails on kickoffs. Ditto for Uitto on punt returns. Caden Druliner was 7 for 7 on PAT kicks. Sutton Kuenzi and Mark Bailey blocked an early Crater field goal attempt.
The magic worked by Dominguez and Aguero, who transferred from McKay for their senior years, on just those two scoring pass plays was worth the price of admission.
First TD: On 2nd-and-2 from the Crater 22 Aguero left a defender in the dust on his out-and-up route and Dominguez threw a strike in the corner of the end zone.
Second TD: One 2nd-and-10 from the Comets’ 40, Augero ran another out route, but Dominguez was flushed out of the pocket to the right. Aguero free-lanced the out into and out-and-up and headed toward the end zone. Dominguez found him behind Crater’s Anthony Streight and the score started the Foxes on a 28-0 Silverton run to close the game.
Aguero: “We’ve been playing together since the first grade and we’ve got our connection down. We’re feeling great. All of our players are back. It’s great to have some momentum so we can keep on working.”
Dominguez: “That’s my guy (smiling). I know where he’s going to be … we’ve been doing this for years.”

Photo caption: Silverton’s Gavin Aguero hauls in a TD pass ahead of Crater defender Anthony Streight in the second quarter of Friday night’s Class 5A playoff game at McGinnis Field. The play started the Foxes on a 28-0 run that closed the game with Silverton on top 49-12.
Credit: Becki Little photo

Mugs: Chase Dominguez, Lincoln Teeney
Credit: James Day

Notes: Crater senior Terrius Allen had a terrific game, rushing for 198 yards and a score and catching three passes for 88 yards and another score. Smith, just a sophomore, passed for 133 yards and rushed for 34 more despite a cast on his left wrist. … Wilsonville, Silverton’s quarterfinal opponent, is well-known in Foxes circles. The host Wildcats ousted Silverton at Randall Stadium in Wilsonville, 39-26, in the 2022 quarterfinals. Last season the Foxes outscored Wilsonville 45-27 at McGinnis during the district campaign, but the Wildcats turned the tables by a 32-29 count in the semifinals at Wortman Stadium in McMinnville. Wilsonville won the 2023 and 2024 state titles behind a pair of D-I quarterbacks, Kallen Gutridge (now at Oregon State) and Mark Wiepert (now at Oregon). The new guy taking snaps for veteran coach Adam Guenther is junior Trevor Glos. The Wildcats’ lone loss was against No. 1 Summit by a 28-20 count on Sept. 12. In addition to the 2023-24 state titles, Guenther has led Wilsonville to runner-up finishes in 2016, 2018 and 2022. Silverton won the title in 2021 under Josh Craig and took second in 2014 under John Mannion. … Silverton’s Special District III foes went 2-1 on Friday. No. 6 Dallas ripped Milwaukie 45-6 and No. 9 West Albany won 48-14 at Hood River Valley, while No. 4 Lebanon was upset by Churchill of Eugene 21-8. The other quarterfinals match up West Albany and Summit, Churchill and Thurston and Dallas and Mountain view. … The weather was fantastic for Silverton-Crater. No rain and temps in the high 40s. The early forecast for Nov. 14 is a high of 53, a low of 45 and a 39% chance of rain.

Scoring summary
Crater 0 12 0 0 – 12
Silverton 14 21 14 0 – 49
First quarter
Silv: Aguero 22 pass from Dominguez (Druliner kick), 2:59
Silv: Schurter 2 run (Druliner kick), 0:42.5
Second quarter
Silv: N. Horner 26 run (Druliner kick), 11:05
Crat: Allen 69 pass from Smith (kick failed), 9:32
Crat: Allen 12 run (run failed), 7:55
Silv: Aguero 40 pass from Dominguez (Druliner kick), 5:55
Silv: S. Kuenzi 3 pass from Dominguez (Druliner kick), 0:57.5
Third quarter
Silv: S. Kuenzi 12 pass from Dominguez (Druliner kick), 8:24
Silv: Thao 5 run (Druliner kick), 5:39
Fourth quarter
No scoring

Individual rushing
Crater: Allen 33-198, Smith 9-34, Ayres 1-7, Verstegen 1-3, Cash 1-3, Ege 1-2, Kampstra 1(-1), Team 2(-21). Silverton Schurter 8-33, Moser 6-31, Thao 4-6, N. Horner 2-24, Teeney 2-11, Dominguez 1-24, Uitto 1-1, VanDeweghe 1-0.
Individual passing
Crater, Smith 6-12-133, 1 TD; Sprague 0-1-0. Silverton, Dominguez 17-19-248, 4 TDs, 1 int. Uitto 0-1-0.
Individual receiving
Crater, Allen 3-88, Grant 1-32, Maddox 1-7, Sager 1-6. Silverton, S. Kuenzi 5-42, Uitto 4-55, Aguero 2-62, L. Horner 2-32, Teeney 2-20, VanDeweghe 1-18, Schurter 1-14.
Records: Silverton 9-1, Crater 6-4
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11/07/2025

November SNAP benefits are here in Oregon! The federal government remains shut down, but ODHS was able to issue full November SNAP benefits with federal approval. We know how important these benefits are, so we worked quickly to begin issuing benefits last night. Everyone should have full November SNAP benefits on their EBT cards this morning, Nov. 7, 2025 - even if you normally receive SNAP later in the month.

Before shopping, check your EBT card balance to make sure their benefits have been issued. There are several ways to check your balance:

- Call ebtEDGE customer service toll-free at 888-997-4447
- Visit https://ebtEDGE.com
- Use the ebtEDGE mobile app

ODHS does not recommend any other EBT management websites or apps.

While the release of SNAP benefits is not a scam – we want everyone to remain aware of potential scammers who could be trying to take advantage of the confusion in this situation. Do not click any suspicious links in emails, texts or social media posts, and only trust ODHS for information about Oregon benefits. You can find tips to protect yourself from electronic theft here: https://www.oregon.gov/odhs/benefits/Pages/protect.aspx

11/07/2025

Our Town football
Silverton hosts Crater in playoff opener; Kennedy draws Santiam Christian

By James Day

Silverton opens its Class 5A playoff bid with a 7 p.m. game Friday night at McGinnis Field against visiting Crater of Central Point.
The Foxes, 8-1 overall and ranked No. 2, finished second in Special District III behind Lebanon. The Comets are 6-3 and tied for second in Special District IV with Churchill of Eugene. Friday’s winner faces either Ridgeview of Redmond or Wilsonville in the quarterfinals.
“It’s the second season, the playoffs,” fourth year coach Dan Lever told Our Town. “We feel good. We had some question marks going into the season, but I feel a lot of those things have become strengths for us. We’ve had trouble having a full lineup and keeping guys healthy, but I’m really proud of the guys who have stepped up and our assistant coaches who helped guys be successful. I’m excited at seeing what we can do.”
The Foxes closed the regular season with a convincing 41-14 win against Corvallis on Senior Night. QB Chase Dominguez threw three TD passes to Logan Uitto, two to Sutton Kuenzi and accounted for the sixth TD on a 56-yard scramble.
“We had called a pass play,” Lever said, “And he didn’t like what he saw and just took off. We’ve taught him not to force things (through the air) and make something happen with his legs. That’s what he did.”
Crater and the Foxes have one common opponent this season, Thurston of Springfield. Silverton downed the Colts 35-6 on Sept. 5 at McGinnis, with the Comets falling 44-7 in Springfield on Oct. 10. Crater and Silverton last met in the playoffs in the first round in 2015, when the No. 2 Comets blanked the No. 15 Foxes 45-0. Crater has advanced to one final, in 2019, when the Comets lost 14-10 to Thurston.
Silverton has advanced to the playoffs in every non-COVID year since 2011. During that stretch they have one state title (2021), one runner-up (2014) and made the semifinals five other times (2012, 2013, 2019, 2023 and 2024). Lever has gone quarterfinals, semifinals and semifinals in his three seasons. He is 36-8 at Silverton.
The Foxes landed 30 spots on the all-star team for Special District III, led by defensive player of the year Lincoln Teeney. First-teamers included Mark Bailey (guard and edge rusher), tight end/H back Logan Uitto, defensive lineman Ryan Kuenzi, linebacker Luke Horner and cornerback Sutton Kuenzi. On the second team were center Kane Mack, Sutton Kuenzi (WR), RB Nash Moser, QB Chase Dominguez, place-kicker Caden Druliner and punter Eli Little, Uitto (safety), Ryder VanDeweghe (LB) and Collier (edge). Receiving honorable mention were Ryan Kuenzi and Trey Carstensen (guard), tackles Collier and Cal Kofstad, wide receivers Teeney and Gavin Aguero, RBs Keysean Davis and Levi Schurter, return specialist Luke Horner, cornerbacks Aguero and Nolan Horner, linebackers Schurter and Moser and defensive lineman Damian Rael.
Notes: The weather should be fairly favorable, with temperatures in the high 40s and little chance of rain. Silverton has three league foes also participating in the playoffs. Champion Lebanon, seeded 4th, hosts Churchill, Milawukie travels to No. 6 Dallas and No. 9 West Albany goes to Hood River Valley.

Photo caption: Silverton QB Chase Dominguez looks for running room against Corvallis last Friday, while being protected by Mark Bailey (70). Bailey, a 6-3, 255-pound sophomore, made the all-district first team on offense and defense. Dominguez was a second-team choice. The Foxes host Crater in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday.
Credit: Becki Little

Photo (mug): Lincoln Teeney, district defensive player of the year
Credit: James Day

Kennedy vs. Santiam Christian
Kennedy opens play in the Class 3A tournament by hosting Santiam Christian at 7 p.m. Friday night at Randy Traeger Memorial Field in Mt. Angel. The Trojans, seeded No. 7, are 6-2 overall, while No. 10 S.C. is 7-2. The winner faces Sutherlin or No. 2 Banks in the quarterfinals.
The matchup is a repeat of the first-round clash a year ago when the No. 3 Eagles downed the No. 14 Trojans 42-21 in Adair Village. The two teams are 2-2 against each other in recent years. SC won the playoff game a year ago, Kennedy won regular season matchups in 2021 and 2022 and SC triumphed in 2020 during the abbreviated spring COVID-19 season.
The 2022 game was a corker. The teams came into the final Friday both at 9-0 and brawling for a league title. Kennedy took off for a 17-0 lead, but the Eagles rallied with three fourth-quarter TDs to move on top 20-17. However, Kennedy coach Joe Panuk uncorked a trick play for the ages, a double reverse pass in which Ethan Kleinschmit connected with Luke Beyer on a 63-yard TD pass in the game’s closing moments. Kennedy went on to finish second in its first year at Class 3A, while S.C. lost in the quarterfinals to Banks.
Kennedy and the Eagles have four common opponents this season, Taft, Yamhill-Carlton, Scio and Banks. S.C. went 3-1 against the common foes, losing only to Banks. The Trojans lost to Banks and Taft.
Kennedy claimed 17 spots on the all-star team for Special District I. Colby Rich (wide receiver and defensive back) and Creo Walker (offensive and defensive line) were both two-way first-teamers. Also on the first team were defensive back Landon Kline and linebacker Jaden Traeger, who also finished second in the defensive player of the year voting. On the second team were QB Brody Panuke, Traeger at running back, offensive lineman Jayce Hansen, defensive lineman Sam Astorga and defensive back Stephen Handran. Receiving honorable mention were Kline and Handran at wide receiver, Hansen at linebacker, Reggie Ifenuk at DB, Kole Graves (OL) and Grant Bruner (TE).
It’s worth noting that the entire Kennedy defensive backfield, Rich, Kline, Handran and Ifenuk received all-league mention.
Statistically Kennedy heads into the playoffs with a well-balanced offense. Panuke passed 925 yards and 17 touchdowns, with just four interceptions. Rich rushed for 699 yards and 11 TDs and Trager added 430 yards and four scores. Kline and Handran caught 16 and 15 passes, respectively, and each accounted for four TDs. Rich caught 12 passes, with seven of them going for TDs.

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11/05/2025

OSP FISH AND WILDLIFE ASKS FOR PUBLIC'S HELP TO IDENTIFY POACHER

News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: November 5th, 2025 2:20 PM

Clackamas County, Ore. (Nov. 5, 2025)- The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying individual(s) involved in the unlawful take of four deer, which were butchered and subsequently dumped and wasted off South Elwood Road outside Colton, Oregon, Clackamas County.



On Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, a reporting party located a large amount of deer meat and front and rear deer quarters thrown into the bushes off South Elwood Road, just east of South Benzinger Road in Colton. An Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish and Wildlife trooper arrived on scene and located the decaying remains of four deer that had been butchered elsewhere and taken to the area where the parts were thrown into dense vegetation on Port Blakely Tree Farm property. Three of the deer were discovered to have been killed with archery equipment. The deer parts were likely dumped in the area between Friday, October 31st, 2025, and Sunday, November 2nd, 2025.



Anyone with any information is asked to call the Turn-In-Poachers (TIP) line at 1-800-452-7888, *OSP (*677) from a mobile phone, or email [email protected]. Please reference case number -457045



Report Wildlife and Habitat Law Violators

The Turn In Poachers (TIP) program is a collaboration between the Oregon State Police, Oregon Hunters Association, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Wildlife Coalition, Oregon Outfitter and Guides Association, and the Oregon State Marine Board.



The TIP program offers preference point rewards for information leading to an arrest or issuance of a citation for the unlawful take/possession or waste of big game mammals.



Preference Point Rewards

5 Points: Bighorn Sheep

5 Points: Rocky Mountain Goat

5 Points: Moose

5 Points: Wolf

4 Points: Elk

4 Points: Deer

4 Points: Pronghorn Antelope

4 Points: Bear

4 Points: Cougar



The TIP program also offers cash rewards for information leading to an arrest or issuance of a citation for the unlawful take/possession or waste of the following fish and wildlife species. Cash rewards can also be awarded for habitat destruction, illegally obtaining hunting or angling license or tag, lending or borrowing big game tags, spotlighting, or snagging.



Cash Rewards

Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) cash rewards:

$2,000 Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, or Moose

$1,000 Elk, Deer, or Antelope

$600 Bear, Cougar, or Wolf
$400 Game Fish & Shellfish
$400 Snagging/Attempt to Snag

$300 Habitat destruction

$200 for illegally obtaining an Oregon hunting or angling license or tags

$200 Unlawful lending/borrowing big game tag(s)

$200 Game Birds or Furbearers

$200 Spotlighting



Rewards for Game Fish & Shellfish and Snagging/Attempting to Snag are sponsored, in part, by Northwest Steelheaders Association and Coastal Conservation Association.



Oregon Wildlife Coalition (OWC) Cash Rewards:

$500 Hawk, Falcon, Eagle, Owl, Osprey

$500 Cougar, Bobcat, Beaver (public lands only), Black bears, Bighorn Sheep, Marten, Fisher, Sierra Nevada Red Fox

$1,000 Species listed as “threatened" or “endangered" under state or federal Endangered Species Act (excludes fish)
$10,000 for Wolves east of Highway 395 and $11,500 for Wolves east of Highway 395 and north of Highway 20

Oregon Outfitters & Guides Association (OOGA) Cash Rewards:

$200 Acting as an Outfitter Guide for the Illegal Killing of Wildlife, Illegally Obtaining Oregon Hunting or Angling Licenses or Tags, or Illegally Offering to Act as an Outfitter Guide as defined in ORS 704.010 and 704.020.



How to Report a Wildlife and/or Habitat Law Violation or Suspicious Activity:

TIP Hotline: 1-800-452-7888 or *OSP (*677)

TIP email: [email protected] (monitored Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

For more information, visit the Oregon State Police Turn-in-Poachers (TIP) web page.

11/05/2025

Call 503-873-4567 for more information.

11/04/2025

Knoll appointed to open seat on SFSD Board

Local graduate and former Dallas school principal Kasshawna Knoll has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Silver Falls School District (SFSD) Board and was officially sworn in Oct. 28.

Knoll was one of seven candidates to apply for the Zone 7 seat, vacated Aug. 31 by longtime board member Tom Buchholz. Zone 7 represents Scotts Mills and other areas east and south of Silverton...

Local graduate and former Dallas school principal Kasshawna Knoll has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Silver Falls School District (SFSD) Board and was officially sworn in Oct. 28. Knoll was one of seven candidates to apply […]

11/03/2025

Woman receives 19 months for $100K elder theft

A former Silverton woman has been sentenced to over a year-and-a-half in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from her elderly landlady, while an alleged accomplice remains at large.

Joan Renee Anderson-Varner, 62, of Grants Pass, was convicted at trial Sept. 3 in Marion County Circuit Court of aggravated first-degree theft and initiating a false report.

A former Silverton woman has been sentenced to over a year-and-a-half in prison for stealing more than $100,000 from her elderly landlady, while an alleged accomplice remains at large. Joan Renee Anderson-Varner, 62, of Grants Pass, was convicted at trial […]

11/01/2025

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An estimated 500-plus demonstrators gathered for a “No Kings Rally” Saturday in Silverton, held on the sidewalks and in the parking lot of the former RiteAid on McClaine Street. The event, spearheaded by the Silverton Progressives, was part of a […]

11/01/2025

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New details have emerged in a series of motions filed ahead of the murder trial of Agustin Barocio for allegedly killing Brandon Slack in 2024, including a prior altercation between the men. The motions were filed Monday in Marion County […]