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McKenzie District deputies make collars Parvin Poundstone The newly established District Deputies assigned to work the McKenzie Valley area have been investigating reports of people going onto fire impacted properties and stealing items, according to Lane County Sheriff’s Sergeant Carrie Carver. “One report in particular involved a safe that was left largely intact after the fire,” she said. “ The owners of the property reported they believed the safe had been tampered with, and that several items from a workshop had been stolen.” Carver said t...
Once grape vines lose their leaves, the plants fade into the background of the winter landscape. That’s the time to take action and get out the clippers. January through the first of March is the season to prune your vines, said Bernadine Strik, a berry specialist with Oregon State University Extension Service. First, though, you’ve got to know how to do it properly. “Home grape growers don’t prune their vines enough,” said Strik, who is the author of Extension’s Growing Table Grapes publ...
Peter Iredale By Finn J.D. John In 2012, a big section of a Japanese harbor dock that had drifted across the Pacific Ocean was removed at considerable expense from the beach near Newport. The state government had gotten itself into something of a lather over the dock — as it also did several years ago with the wreckage of the freighter New Carissa. The government wanted that stuff off the beach immediately, if not sooner, and was willing to go to great lengths and spend lots of money to get it done. That hasn’t always been Oregon’s off...