Volume 7, Number 103, May 8, 2026

VOLUME 7, NUMBER 103
Friday, May 8, 2026

Good morning, Philomath.

I sat down with the city manager this week to try to find out what’s going on at the Millpond Crossing housing development. Yesterday evening, I covered Philomath High’s impressive baseball victory over Cascade to clinch that series. We have a couple of news briefs — one about PYAC’s Fun in the Sun registration and one on Siuslaw National Forest rec fees. Plus, the softball team won in thrilling fashion, boys volleyball won at Toledo, girls tennis won at Woodburn and boys tennis won at home. In partner content, our mayor is quoted in an Oregon Capital Chronicle election story. (Sorry a little late this morning on the newsletter — a fire call in town has been a distraction. Look for news on that later today online). — Brad Fuqua, Publisher/Editor

Editor’s Choice

Millpond Crossing housing development inches its way forward

Millpond Crossing’s developer is making incremental progress on the housing development’s outstanding work but still has not closed out Phase 2, leaving the timeline for […]

News

Nearly 100 local measures on primary ballots across Oregon, many to fund struggling fire districts

Voters in a third of Oregon’s 36 counties will vote during the May primary on whether to raise local property taxes to fund struggling fire […]

PYAC’s Fun in the Sun registration now open

The Philomath Youth Activities Club is accepting registrations for Fun in the Sun, an all-day summer camp and child-care option for children entering first grade […]

Siuslaw National Forest proposes recreation fee changes

The Siuslaw National Forest is proposing changes to recreation fees at various sites across Coos, Douglas, Lane and Tillamook counties, the U.S. Forest Service announced. […]