Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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WALERVILLE: Traffic snarled to a stop and blocked the McKenzie Highway Monday morning after trucks collided at the site of recurring accidents. According to reports from the Oregon State Police, the accident occurred at 8:07 a.m. at Milepost 13, where the roadway crosses a narrow bridge over the Eugene Water & Electric Board's Walterville Canal. Police say the driver of a white Hino box truck left the road for unknown reasons and then re-entered the highway. He then hit the sidewalk of the...
LEABURG: McKenzie Fire & Rescue is among the finalists in the running for the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s 2023 Greenpower Grant. The fire district‘s proposal would include installing solar panels on their headquarter station in Leaburg. The panels, according to the grant proposal, “would contribute to the preservation of the area’s natural resources in an environmentally friendly way.” The panels are expected to help reduce the Leaburg building’s annual electricity $6,100 bill and could o...
Turnout was great at the McKenzie Valley Young Life’s Easter Egg Hunt at the McKenzie Community Track & Field. There was a special area for 0-4, and a timed release for the other age groups. Added activities included games like sack and three-legged races. Besides the free entry, the event generated donations towards the costs of going to camp for participants in the Young Life programs. At the Walterville Grange Easter Egg Hunt, children of all ages were placed in groups to get a fair chance a...
EUGENE: The Lane County Board of Commissioners could write a prescription for relief from rebuilding anxiety at their April 25th meeting. On the agenda are possible code amendments that were developed in response to concerns faced by owners of buildings destroyed by the Holiday Farm Fire in Blue River. According to senior planner Becky Taylor, the existing rights-of-way in the “downtown” area of Blue River were formally established by plats originally developed when the town was created. Most of the rights-of-way in the area are from 40 to 60 f...
BLUE RIVER: The Lane County Sheriff’s Office and family members are asking the public for help in finding a missing Blue River woman. According to LCSO reports, Mekenna Reiley was last seen on Thursday evening, April 6th. Friends and neighbors say they hadn’t seen or heard from the 40-year-old since. The Sheriff’s Office says that Reiley’s phone, purse, vehicle, and dog were left behind at her residence near Blue River Reservoir, but her location was unknown. It’s feared Reiley may be suffering...
State economists sounded the alarm recently about a slight but sudden decline in Oregon’s population, warning of a potential drag on an economy that has benefited from steady in-migration for more than three decades. For business leaders in Portland and budget watchers in Salem, this decline was another warning signal that Oregon should get its economic act together or prepare for tougher times ahead. But, for Oregonians generally, the idea of slower population growth is hardly a cause for concern. For many, in fact, it may represent a m...
March 28: 8:16 p.m: Suspicious Vehicle - Marcola Rd. & Cemetery & Fire Station Rd. A white Ford Econoline van was seen parked on the side of the road. The caller attempted to talk to occupants but they rolled up the window and refused to talk. March 29: 12:20 p.m: Dispute - 37300 blk, Parsons Creek Rd. Reported dispute, parties planned to separate. March 30: 8:08 p.m: Suspicious Vehicle - Deerhorn Boat Landing. A deputy contacted the occupants of a vehicle at the park after hours. 11:58 p.m: Dispute - 87300 blk, Cedar Flat Rd. A caller...
April 9: 17:49: Crash, Non-Injury – Hwy. 126E & Deerhorn Rd. A black Honda Ridgeline was stopped facing eastbound ay the intersection waiting for a vehicle to turn. A green Toyota Tacoma was traveling westbound and didn’t observe the Ridgeline in time to stop safely. The Toyota rear-ended the Ridgeline. Both vehicles were able to move to the shoulder and all occupants were un-injured. Involved: two 18-year-old males from Springfield....
April 3: 9:16: 42000 block, Holden Creek Ln. Public Assist. Lift Assist. 12:19: 89000 blk, Twin Firs Rd. Down Line. Traffic Control/Standy for EWEB. April 4: 17:38: 49000 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. April 5: 19:38: 90000 blk, Marcola Rd. Mutual Aid. Disregarded. April 6: 17:33: 44000 blk, Canal Ln. Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed, Refusal Signed 18:52: 89000 blk, Greenwood Dr. Mistaken Alarm. April 8: 9:15: 7900 blk, South C. St. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 19:29: 44000 blk, McK....
April 4: 17:36: Medical – 49000 block, McK. Hwy. Female, Conscious, Breathing. April 6: 05:46: Medical – 51000 blk, Blue River Dr. Female, Conscious, Breathing. 05:46: Medical - 51000 blk, Blue River Dr. Female, Conscious, Breathing. April 8: 15:37: Medical - 91000 blk, Mill Creek Rd. Male, Conscious, Breathing. April 10: 05:32: Motor Vehicle Accident - McK. Hwy./Quartz Creek Rd. 2 vehicles, Toyota Camray, Toyota Yaris. Yaris is in the ditch - No injuries. 16:09: MVA, Unknown Injury - McK. Hwy./Milepost 52. Single vehicle spun around and rol...
If you ask most Oregonians who the first woman governor in state history was, they’ll have an immediate answer … but they’ll be wrong. Conventional wisdom holds that the first woman to take the gubernatorial purple in the Beaver State was Barbara Roberts, who was elected to the job in 1990. In fact, that’s almost true … but, of course, “almost” doesn’t work very well as an answer to a true-or-false question. The truth is, Barbara Roberts was the first elected woman governor in Oregon history....
Ezequiel Lopez-Reyes will never forget the taste of fresh fruit and vegetables brought straight from his father’s farm field when he was a child in Mexico. In honor of that memory, he established a plot of his own in Oregon. Lopez-Reyes, Oregon State University Extension Service Open Campus and Juntos student success coordinator, has been growing his home garden for five years. It’s full of peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, epazote and cilantro. He grows so many pepper plants, they often overflow i...
Springfield, OR. Elvira “Ellie” Harris was bom March 14,1932 in East Barnum, Connecticut, and passed away in family arms on February 10,2023 in her Deerhom community home near the McKenzie River. She had valiantly fought reoccurring cancer and, towards last, a stroke resulting from cancer treatment. Her life's adventures included being a spouse of a submariner and a respiratory therapist, plus a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Until retirement Ellie was a commercial actor, medical di...
A federal judge has ruled in support of a Bureau of Land Management effort to restrict bureaucratic delays to timber harvests and fuel reduction projects on BLM lands. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane on March 27th granted summary judgment in favor of the BLM’s 2020 Final Rule eliminating the agency’s protest process which, the agency argued, had resulted in unnecessary bureaucratic delays to timber harvests and fuel reduction projects on BLM-managed lands, including more than 2 mil...
The federal government has awarded seven financial institutions in Oregon a total of $22.3 million in grants to help underserved communities recover from the pandemic. The money, announced Monday, is part of $1.7 billion awarded to more than 600 institutions nationwide through a U.S. Treasury program to boost recovery among low-income and moderate-income communities that were the hardest hit during the last three years. The grants are designed to provide capital and financing for small...
I am currently going through a divorce, and we've been negotiating the terms of the settlement for a year and a half without agreement. I have started a relationship with another woman, but I'm in a saddening, irresponsible situation that was mischievously planned by the ex. About four months ago, I went to the ex's to pick up our two young children. She begged me to have sex with her one last time, and she swore she would leave me alone forever if I did this. She desperately begged, begged,...
Krista O'Brien accidentally pays $449 extra for her checked luggage on an Aer Lingus flight. Why won't the airline help her undo the mistake? I recently booked tickets through the Aer Lingus website. When I did, the site only listed a carry-on as included with the fare rather than both a carry-on and one checked bag before the final purchase. I was confused, and I unknowingly added three extra checked bags, which was unnecessary. I overpaid Aer Lingus $449 because it included an additional...
When a U.S. Customs agent confiscates Adriana Cordero's passport, she tries to get it back. But government bureaucracy is standing between her and her ID. Last year, U.S. Customs confiscated my passport in Montreal as I was returning to the United States. The reason the officer gave me was that it had been reported as “lost or stolen.” It was neither because I was holding it in my hands! What I had reported as “lost or stolen” was my passport card. I applied for both a passport and a passpor...
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