Articles from the June 13, 2013 edition

Jun 13, 2013

Jun 13, 2013

Backyard burning Lane County’s off-again, on-again backyard burning season is set to shut down soon. The program, which allows mainly rural residents to dispose of clean wood and yard debris is allowed on approved burn days during the burning season, which typically runs from October 1st through June 15th. Extremely dry conditions created high fire danger throughout the county back in May, making it unsafe to burn. The dry conditions, coupled with strong winds, caused number of fires go out of control, according to Sally Markos spokesperson f...