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News

Blue River rebuild dealt a blow

BLUE RIVER: Lane County reported this week that the site evaluation process for a community onsite wastewater system has been completed on the Blue River Park and the Old Mill property (Three Sisters) sites. It determined that the proposed...

Two fires100% contained

Fire managers reported this week that both the Horse Creek and Pothole Fires have been 100% contained. Crews on those fires wil now ocus on repairing roads and...

Wine, friends ... and flowers

VIDA: People turned out on Saturday to sample this year’s harvest at a wine and honey-tasting event sponsored by the Vida McKenzie Community Center (VMCC). A local winemaker, McKenzie Crest Wines,...

Corps could end hydro production

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District is assessing whether it should continue to produce hydroelectric power at its Willamette Valley project dams. In total, nine of those 13 federally-owned dams are capable of producing upwards of 500...

They're back!

By McKenzie River Trust

FINN ROCK: Chinook salmon making their way back up the McKenzie River have found more places to lay their eggs thanks to years of work restoring floodplains throughout the watershed. This year, the...

Sports

McKenzie Sports Report

By Cliff Richardson

McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team hosts Alsea on Tuesday, September 19, with first serve set for 6:00 pm. The Eagle team travels to Eddyville on Thursday, September 21, for a double-header. The first...

History

Offbeat Oregon History

By inn J.D. John

Continued From Last Week The accolades kept coming. She appeared on an episode of NBC’s This Is Your Life, with the legendary Ralph Edwards. Afterward, she was presented with a home in Beaverton...

Doodles

JP Doodles

By Barry McWilliams

Garden

Know when it's time to pick pears and apples

By Kym Pokorny, OSU Extension

Anticipation of ripe pears and apples peaks in fall as fruits hang heavily from branches and begin their gravity-aided trip to the ground. But how do you know when it’s prime picking time?...

Police

Sheriff's Reports - Sept. 21

Sept. 7: 12:31: p.m: Theft - 39200 blk, McK. Hwy. A caller reported that their purse was stolen out of their vehicle while at an area business. 6:43 p.m: Disturbance, Dispute - 92200 blk, Murdoch St. A caller advised being in a verbal dispute while...

OSP Report - Sept. 21

Sept. 13: 15:54: Crash, Hit & Run – Hwy. 126E, Milepost 17. Reporting party, who is the driver of a brown Subaru, stated while stopping for a school bus with its flashers on, a white Ford Bronco rear-ended their Subaru. The driver of the Subaru...

Upper McK Fire Report - Sept. 21

Sept. 13: 15:55: Medical – 49000 block, McK. Hwy. Female patient. Sept. 15: 17:44: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury - McK. Hwy. /Milepost 34. Vehicle rolled over. Sept. 16: 17:28: Check Smoke – 54000 blk, McK. Hwy. Caller is seeing heavy...

McK Fire Report - Sept. 21

Sept. 11: 11:08: 47000 block, McK. Hwy. Motor Vehicle Accident. Non-Injury/Non-Blocking. 12:21: 42000 blk, Deerhorn Rd. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, Refusal Obtained. Sept. 12: 14:05: Camp Creek Rd./Milepost 2. Smoke Scare. Unable To Locate....