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Articles from the February 9, 2023 edition


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  • Ideas for 126 aired

    Feb 9, 2023

    LEABURG: All the seats were full when the Oregon Department of Transportation hosted a safety study meeting on February 4th. Lacy Brown, an ODOT transportation engineer specializing in safety told the group ODOT would study data to understand crash patterns and combine that with community input to come up with recommendations for about 56 miles of Hwy. 126 between the metro boundaries and the junction with U.S. 20. Some of that community input had already been gathered from over 100 people who...

  • Summer work coming for Hwy. 126

    Feb 9, 2023

    VIDA: The Oregon Dept. of Transportation's “Greenwood Dr - Vida” project is scheduled to go out to bidders on February 16th. Officials say the pavement resurfacing project is designed to replace deteriorating roadway surface that has come to the end of its useful life. Details will also include upgrades to the deck membranes on four bridges within the project limits. “This is an important statewide route and the pavement in this section is quickly getting worse,” according to an ODOT press r...

  • More returns in 2023?

    Feb 9, 2023

    Fishery managers are predicting more spring Chinook salmon will be returning to the region this year, although only 10 percent are likely to be wild fish. According to a recent report, Oregon’s and Washington’s when native returns in 2022 amounted to 15.5 percent. Historically, wild spring Chinook spawned in nearly all the eastside Willamette tributaries above Willamette Falls. During 1952–1968, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dam-building projects blocked more than 400 miles of wild...

  • Electric transmission lines

    Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service|Feb 9, 2023

    Oregon is pursuing an aggressive climate plan to switch to renewable energy sources, but it faces one often overlooked issue: enough high-voltage power lines to facilitate the transition. An Oregon law requires utilities to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2040. However, the Northwest's aging transmission lines will need a reboot to ensure wind and solar resources on the east side of the Cascades make their way west. Emily Moore, director of climate and energy at the Sightline Institute,...

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    Barry McWilliams|Feb 9, 2023

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  • McKenzie Sports Report - February 9

    Feb 9, 2023

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball teams host Eddyville Charter on Thursday, February 9, at Finn Rock. The Boys tip off at 5:30 pm and the Girl's game follows at 7:00 pm. The game with Eddyville Charter will also be Senior Night for the Eagle teams. The Eagle teams travel to Crow on Friday, February 10, and again, the Boy's game is scheduled for a 5:30 pm start and the Girls will tip off at 7:00 pm. The following Monday, February 13, the two McKenzie teams travel to Mapleton, which is the...

  • Sheriff's Reports - February 9

    Feb 9, 2023

    Jan. 30: 10:50 p.m: Suspicious Conditions - 92200 blk, Carson St. A caller advised that a known person was distributing a nude picture of the caller. Jan. 31: 7:24 a.m: Alarm - 42700 blk, McK. Hwy. 2:05 p.m: Speeding Vehicle - 38300 blk, Wendling Rd. 6:32 p.m: Criminal Mischief - 37500 blk, Upper Camp Creek Rd. Caller’s house was egged. 6:47 p.m: Vehicle Stop – Marcola Rd. Mp. 3. 6:58 p.m: Vehicle Stop – Marcola Rd. & Sunderman Rd. Feb. 1: 3:45 a.m: Disturbance, Dispute - 91700 blk, Blue River Reservoir Rd . 7:26 a.m: Alarm - 42700 blk, McK. Hw...

  • McK. Fire Report - February 9

    Feb 9, 2023

    Jan. 30: 13:02: 38000 block, McK. Hwy. Flue Fire. No Fire Upon Arrival. 14:50: 42 000 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 19:03: 38000 blk, Kickbusch Ln. Medical, Trauma. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 23:22: 91000 blk, Angels Flight Rd Medical, Heart. Patient Assessed, Refusal Signed Jan. 31: 12:11: 41000 blk, Deerhorn Rd Medical, Trauma. Patient Assessed, Refusal Obtained. 17:59: McK. Hwy. Milepost 43. Mutual Aid. Cancelled Prior To Arrival. Feb. 1: 12:28: 87000 blk, Cedar Flat Rd. Medical, General. Patient...

  • Upper McK. Fire Report - February 9

    Feb 9, 2023

    Jan. 31: 17:56: Brush Fire – McK. Hwy./Milepost 43. 6-foot diameter log pile on fire, not attended. Feb. 3: 07:05: Medical – 54000 block, McK. River Dr. Female, Conscious, Breathing. 16:50: Medical – 56000 blk, N. Bank Rd. Male patient. Feb. 4: 16:19: Medical – 51000 blk, Blue River Dr. Female, Conscious, Breathing. The Upper McK. Fire District board of directors will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15th, at the McK. Fire Station, 56578 McK. Hwy. in McKenzie Bridge....

  • Oregon residents had the jump on California Gold Rush

    Finn J.D. John|Feb 9, 2023

    If you’d been lucky enough to live in Portland in July of 1848, you would have been able to say, literally, that your ship had come in. The ship in question was the sailing ship Honolulu. And, funny thing: she arrived in port in ballast, with her cargo holds empty. That raised some eyebrows. At the time, Oregon was not even part of the U.S.A. yet — just a vast extranational territory jointly claimed by the U.S. and Britain. There was no national government authority to issue money, nor was the...

  • Myth vs. reality: What's the truth behind some common gardening practices?

    Kym Pokorny, OSU Exyension|Feb 9, 2023

    Reality can get skewed when there are so many sources of information – books, magazines, newspapers, nurseries, and, most of all, the internet and social media open up lots of room for contradiction. So, how do you find the right answer to gardening questions? Nine experts from Oregon State University Extension Service stepped up to bust some common gardening myths. Read on to get some research-based answers to 10 common misconceptions. For additional questions, call the OSU Extension master g...

  • Direct Answers

    Wayne and Tamara Mitchell|Feb 9, 2023

    Five months ago, I met a guy, 21, and we fell in love. I am 26. I've come to accept that because I look a lot younger, younger guys will always find me attractive. I got some good advice once that if the relationship is good and makes me happy, people around me will learn to accept the person. Being an African doesn't help the situation because relationships between older women and younger men aren't quite accepted yet. However, my boyfriend and I are doing fine, and my friends and his have acce...

  • TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

    Christopher Elliott|Feb 9, 2023

    AeroMexico cancels Patrizia Azzellini's flight and offers her a ticket credit. She'd prefer a refund. Who's right? I recently booked a ticket on AeroMexico from Sacramento, Calif., to Sao Paulo, Brazil, with two stops in Mexico. The airline canceled my flight three weeks later and rebooked me on a different flight. The new itinerary added a ten-hour stopover and no longer met my needs, so I asked for a refund. I called AeroMexico three times to ask for my money back. Although the...

  • PROBLEM SOLVED

    Christopher Elliott|Feb 9, 2023

    When the door on Lauren Butcher's new GE range shatters, the company makes her wait two months for a repair. She wants a new oven. Who's right? I purchased a new GE electric range. I had it for 12 days. On the 13th day, the door glass shattered. When a technician came out, he discovered that there was no insulation in the door. All oven doors are supposed to have insulation. There was a product defect. GE says it is covering the replacement part. It has been two months, and the insulation is...

  • Crossword

    Feb 9, 2023

    ACROSS 1. Biased perspective 6. Male sibs 10. Monday Night Football audience 14. Tapiridae representative 15. Rock opera version of "La BohËme" 16. Object of worship 17. Opposite of alpha 18. ____ Spumante 19. Novice 20. *Unanimously elected President 22. Gusto 23. Eggy drink 24. Jig music, pl. 26. Stashed in a hold 30. Penniless 32. Wood turning device 33. Toll payment, e.g. 34. Not slouching 38. Like nay-sayers 39. Of many years 40. Malaria symptom 41. Instagram post 43. River, in Spanish...

  • U.S. PRESIDENTS, Solution

    Feb 9, 2023

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  • Sudoku - February 9

    Feb 9, 2023

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  • Sudoku - February 9, Solution

    Feb 9, 2023

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