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  • EWEB stressing preparedness

    May 9, 2019

    EWEB prepares LEABURG: $2 million and $12,000 were some of the price tags that came up during the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s upriver meeting last month. Both numbers were related to February’s snowstorm that knocked out power to 20,000 of the utility’s customers, including some 7,000 in the McKenzie River area. Gerry Aster, a Goodpasture Road resident since ‘96, told the gathering she’d spent years likely earning a “crazy tree lady” note next to her name because of her calls about tree trimming. She criticized the practice saying most t...