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PUC keeps December date for service restoration A group of “Good Samaritans” is credited with a creative solution for returning telephone service to CenturyLink’s upper McKenzie Valley customers. At Monday’s special meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, commissioners were told the new system will buid upon a microwave feed from Bend connected to five T-1 lines with 24 channels apiece. Lisa Gorsuch, the PUC’s emergency preparedness manager, told the board the system had been devised by the Oregon Internet Response team, a group of...
McKenzie Schools gain $200,000 Blueair, a world-leader in air purification for home and professional use, announced it has donated more than $1 million in cash to U.S. children’s hospitals, schools and a Chicago-nonprofit in alignment with Giving Tuesday 2020. At a time when more than ever people are in need, a recent Gallup poll found that fewer people are able to provide support through charitable giving – with giving expected to be down nearly 10% this year. Blueair was founded on the principle of providing access to clean air for chil...