Articles from the March 23, 2023 edition
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Library is recovering
BLUE RIVER: The board of directors of the O’Brien Memorial Library reports they are poised to start rebuilding this spring, as soon as they get a building permit. As part of the process, the board...
Time to design
FINN ROCK: Ideas about resurrecting the town of Blue River kept people busy last Saturday during a two-hour community meeting at the old McKenzie High School gym. The discussions were focused on what...
The recipe for restoring damaged lands is missing one key ingredient: seeds
When the fires die down, the mud stops sliding, the drought lets up or the rain quits pouring, land managers must decide: Can damaged land grow back on its own, or will it need some help? That help of...
Oregon House passes $200 million for housing and homelessness
Oregon is on track to spend $200 million to help homeless residents move into houses, give people who have fallen behind on rent more time to pay, and create new goals for cities to build homes under...
Guest Opinion
In the current legislative session, as is the case every session, corporate lobbyists are hard at work trying to procure new tax breaks for their clients. These lobbyists representing many big corporations are going around waving a corporate-funded...
Sheriff's Reports - March 23
March 14: 9:44 a.m: restraining order service - 91900 block, Marcola Rd. 11:38 a.m: Violation of Restraining Order - 42900 blk, McK. Hwy. 4:26 p.m: Burglary - 93100 blk, Marcola Rd. March 15: 10:08 a.m: Assist, Follow Up - 91300 blk, Donna Rd. 12:17...
McK Fire Reports - March 23
March 14: 7:16: McK. Hwy./Partridge Ln. Motor Vehicle Accident. Non-Injury/Non-Blocking. 7:32: 44000 block, McK. Hwy. MVA. Non-Injury/Non-Blocking. 7:56: McK. Hwy./Milepost 14. MVA. Blocking, Patients Assessed, 1 Transported. 20:02: 45000 blk,...
Upper McK Fire Reports - March 23
March 15: 18:50: Motor Vehicle Accident - Old McK. Hwy./McK. Hwy. Insurance signal app got a crash notification, no vehicle description on file, and unable to make contact with responding person. March 20: 19:30: Medical – 54000 block, McK. River...
McKenzie Sports Report - March 23
McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Track and Field teams travel to Oakridge on Thursday, March 23, to participate in the Oakridge 2A-D3 league meet. The event, held on Deharpport Field in Oakridge, will start with field...
NewsArk - March 23
From the May 19, 1999 edition of McKenzie River Reflections Start of a mini building boom? Victorian village grows by the roadside WALTERVILLE: A world of fantasy is taking shape. In it is a gray...
The dawn of lawn alternatives
The expansive lawns in Europe and the invention of golf in the late 1900s launched America's obsession with a perfect plot of grass. The invention of the rotary mower and the development of...
Direct Answers
I am a 26-year-old escort, in the business on and off since I was 14. I have a tendency to get involved in very bad relationships. The men I go out with are usually abusive with substance abuse proble...
Crossword
ACROSS 1. Blood-related problem 5. Econ. measure 8. Blue 11. A perch for Christmas partridge? 12. Domain 13. Fill college entrance form 15. Archaic preposition 16. Chili seed 17. Ski run 18. *Swedish...