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EUGENE: Some of the $150 million in funding set aside by the Oregon legislature in 2021 will be coming to Blue River, thanks to a vote last month by the Lane County Board of Commissioners. In accepting a $4,120,547.41 grant from Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), the board plans to assign the money for home purchases; supplies for volunteer-built housing construction; infrastructure; and staffing for recovery operations. In his report to the board Long-term Disaster Recovery Manager...
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in identifying individuals associated with a suspect vehicle that may have been involved in recent thefts occurring in the Vida and Leaburg areas. Someone also mentioned they mail have seen the car in the Mohawk area when mailboxes were being gone through. Investigators believe the vehicle pictured above is a mid-2000’s Suzuki Aerio or a similar car. An unidentified suspect wearing a hooded sweatshirt and pants could also be involved. Anyone wit...
Water vapor is continuing to condense around specks of dust to form ice crystals. The resulting falling flakes have built up snow levels to their best levels so far this winter. And, snow at higher elevations is expected to continue this week. That solid base, with several inches of fresh powder on top, can hide hazards like hidden stumps, rocks, posts, and fences so officials are advising people to be on the alert. Up around the Santiam Pass this week, depths ranged from 74 to 78 inches at...
A new bill facing the Oregon Legislature this session would lower the voting age for school board elections. Other bills this session aim to lower the state’s voting age in various capacities, including House Joint Resolution 20, which proposes an amendment to the Oregon constitution to lower the state’s voting age from 18 to 16. House Bill 3206 focuses on allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to cast ballots in school district elections. If passed, this could bring in an estimated 100,000 new voters st...
Technology helped searchers find a motorist stranded in the snow after the vehicle became stuck in an area where cell service wouldn’t connect. Making his situation worse, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue reports his family was out of the country and nobody knew where he had gone or to call for help if he didn’t make it home. Once stranded he made several smart decisions. First, he stayed with his vehicle. Second, he used some ingenuity to find a way to call for help. The m...
Artificial intelligence – a major force in media and technology – is at the center of hot new discussion these days about its potential impact on the arts, and literature and whether AI expression is protected by the First Amendment. “AI” can range from another name for the algorithms that make a zillion decisions a day on social media sites to apocalyptic creations that someday soon will reach self-awareness and surpass their human creators. Advocates would say AI can boost human creativ...
Feb. 28: 5:58 p.m: Dispute - 89800 block, Greenwood Dr. 6:59 a.m: Suspicious Vehicle - 37700 blk, Upper Camp Creek Rd. March 1: 12:03 p.m: Suspicious Conditions - 42800 blk, McK. Hwy. 2:12 p.m: Information - 45100 blk, McK. Hwy. 3:02 p.m: Civil Standby - 38500 blk, E. Cedar Flat Rd. 4:57 p.m: Assist Outside Agency. Lat: 44.20671. Long: 122.9884. 4:20 p.m: Alarm - 41900 blk, McK. Hwy. 4:52 p.m: Foot Patrol - McK. Hwy. & Deerhorn Rd. March 2: 12:01 p.m: Civil Standby - 38500 blk, E. Cedar Flat Rd. 1:08 p.m: Citizen Contact - 45600 blk, McK. Hwy....
Feb. 27: 10:27: 44000 block, Leaburg Dam Rd. Fire Alarm. Disregarded prior to arrival. 18:14: 38000 blk, Natures Garden St. Police Assist. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. Feb. 28: 1:01: 88000 blk, Millican Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 20:09: 7900 blk, Thurston Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. March 2: 7:57: 88000 blk, Little Deerhorn Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 17:08: 1000 blk, Billings Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 17:29: 8000 blk, McK. Hwy....
March 1: 07:12: Motor Vehicle Accident, No Injuries - Aufderheide Dr./Milepost 54. Vehicle slid off the road, is stuck against a canyon wall, No injuries, everyone was able to get out. March 4: 09:17: Medical – 51000 block, Blue River Dr. Male, Conscious, Breathing. The Upper McK. Fire District board of directors will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15th, at the McK. Fire Station, 56578 McK. Hwy. in McKenzie Bridge....
The nineteenth century was a kind of golden age of body snatching. Digging up the freshly dead to cash the corpses in at the back door of a nearby medical school was — well, not common exactly, but far from unheard-of. So when, around the middle of May 1897, Daniel Magone and Charles Montgomery asked a 20-year-old wood hauler named William Rector to help them steal a corpse out of River View Cemetery, Rector didn’t react the way you or I would. A job was a job, and Rector needed the work, and...
Learning to recognize 400,000 species of plants is more than daunting; it’s impossible. But making a start by learning how to identify family characteristics can help you manage a healthier garden. “It’s important for gardeners to be aware of how to ID plants,” said Karen Pleasant, Oregon State University Extension Service master gardener coordinator in Josephine County. “It will tell you what the correct cultural needs are, and what kind of problems they may have. Knowing which plants yo...
Closen Francis Christian, Jr., 86, of Eugene, passed away at home in Eugene on February 26, 2023. Closen was born on March 24, 1936, in Crescent City, California, to Closen Christian Sr. and Georgene Leishman Christian. The family lived in several logging camps before finally settling near Finn Rock, Oregon, in the early 1940’s. Closen attended Springfield High School, graduating in 1954. Closen married Lydia Anderson in 1955, and together they raised three children in the Mohawk Valley east o...
I have been married for two years, with stepsons aged 18 and 16. Either their parents did not know what table manners are, or they decided it was not important for the boys to learn. Last night I made an elegant candlelit dinner for Mardi Gras, including several appetizers and desserts. I invited my mother-in-law as well. When it came time for dinner, I felt like I was eating with Neanderthals. The boys, including my husband, dived at the buffet like wolves at a fresh kill. I told them next...
Carmen Santos thinks she lost her engagement ring in an Enterprise rental. The company looks for the ring and then sends her a $452 bill. Can it do that? I recently rented a car with Enterprise in Miami. While I was using the vehicle, I lost my engagement ring. I told an employee about it, and he agreed to look for my jewelry. The next day, I called Enterprise to see if they had found the ring. An employee told me they would charge me for some repairs while looking for the ring and that the...
After Jamie Reynolds cancels her appliance orders from Sears, a representative promises her a prompt refund. But three months later, she's still waiting. What can she do to get her money back? I recently placed online orders for a refrigerator, washer, and dryer with Sears. After weeks of stringing me along with delivery dates, Sears said they didn't have the products I ordered, so I canceled by phone. A representative told me I would receive a refund to my credit card within 7 to 10 business...
ACROSS 1. Matt Damon/Ben Affleck 1999 movie 6. *Top seed 9. *Player's target 13. Earth Day month 14. State V.I.P. 15. ____ firma 16. Rationalistic theology 17. Former name of Tokyo 18. Formed a curve 19. *One-____-____ rule 21. *Last year's NCAA men's tournament winner 23. Lenon's wife 24. E-mail command 25. Bug spray brand 28. "By ____ of" or "by means of" 30. Like certain floss 35. Life stories, for short 37. Gulf War missile 39. Dough 40. Tiny purse or case 41. Mandarin's headquarters 43....
