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MCKENZIE BRIDGE: The Foley Ridge Fire is now 40% contained, with minimal fire activity reported across most of the area. Fire behavior has been limited to creeping, smoldering, and backing, though hotter and drier weather is expected in the coming days and could increase activity. Officials anticipate little additional fire growth. The Central Oregon Type 3 Incident Management Team 1 is preparing to transfer command to Nevada Team 4 on Wednesday, September 24. Members of the incoming team have b...
Cause - Lightning, Acres - 497, Percent Containment - 46%, Helicopters - 2, Heavy Equipment - 9, Engines - 10, Crews - 7, Total Personnel - 329. The Foley Ridge Fire is 46% contained. Yesterday, crews were still finding some heat sources across the fire area as they mopped up. The fire is holding in its current footprint and expected to smolder in deep duff material like leaves, needles, and branches that are on the forest floor. Good progress was made on the north side of the fire near Highway...
MCKENZIE BRIDGE: With the start of basketball season, McKenzie High School is facing a familiar challenge: outfitting its student athletes with proper uniforms. Emily Ann Vailes, a parent in McKenzie Bridge, has begun raising funds to purchase new uniforms for the boys' basketball team. Last year, the middle school boys' B team played in practice jerseys due to a shortage of uniforms. Vailes hopes to raise about $1,800 this year, enough to cover uniforms for at least 20 players at an estimated...
BLUE RIVER: The McKenzie Community Land Trust (MCLT) has opened the waitlist for its first housing development, the Rose Street Neighborhood, with applications accepted through September 30, 2025. The project, located in downtown Blue River, includes six firewise-compliant homes designed with three bedrooms, 1.5 baths, and roughly 1,300 square feet of living space. Construction is nearing completion, and the homes are expected to be ready for occupancy by late 2025. MCLT is using the community...
The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time is coming to the Silva Concert Hall in Eugene, October 17 - 19. Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup - or their breakthrough. Written by David Adjmi, directed by Daniel Aukin, and featuring original music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler,...
EUGENE: After a decade at the helm of Oregon's largest customer-owned electric utility, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) General Manager Frank Lawson has announced his plans to retire in the spring of 2026. Lawson, who joined EWEB in 2010 and was appointed general manager in 2016 following a nationwide search, brought with him 25 years of experience in engineering, operations, customer service, marketing, sales, and finance. EWEB's elected Board of Commissioners has already begun...
FINN ROCK: The McKenzie School Board welcomed Grace Weiss, the newly sworn-in student representative, at their September meeting 17 meeting. During public comment, Tabitha Eck, director of the McKenzie Community Land Trust gave an update on the Rose Street neighborhood in Blue River. The land trust is developing affordable homes for local workers and fire survivors. While the homes are restricted to households earning up to 80% of the area median income, she emphasized applicants should not rule themselves out, noting that down-payment...
EUGENE: Lane County Fleet Services will host its annual surplus vehicle and equipment auction September 25–27, offering the public a chance to purchase everything from passenger cars to heavy machinery. The auction, now in its 26th year, is a joint effort between Lane County, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), Lane Transit District, and other public agencies. By combining sales, the agencies reduce disposal costs and help fund vehicle replacements. This year's auction features more than 90 i...
Conservation groups said the proposed removal of the federal Roadless Rule would open pristine areas of Oregon forests to commercial logging. Adopted in 2001, the Roadless Rule safeguards nearly 60 million acres of pristine national forest land, including 2 million in Oregon, from roadbuilding and logging. Erik Fernandez, wilderness program manager for the advocacy group Oregon Wild, said it is a reckless policy which would threaten areas around the Cascade Lakes, Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hoo...
For more than a decade, Oregon Humanities has been connecting strangers across the state through handwritten letters. Its Dear Stranger project, now in its 11th year, invites Oregonians to exchange letters with people they've never met, fostering connections across differences in background, belief, and experience. The rules are simple: write a letter, send it in, and receive one in return. Each year, hundreds of Oregonians take part in the program, which runs three themed rounds annually. This...
IN 1935, IN the depths of the Great Depression, the U.S. Congress passed what's sometimes called the "Second New Deal." It was a $4.88 billion investment into getting Americans through the Depression. The original New Deal, launched in 1933 just after Franklin Roosevelt won the Presidency, had prevented people from starving in the streets; but Roosevelt agreed with some of his critics who felt giving able-bodied working people dole money was demoralizing and demeaning. The 1935 Emergency Relief...
An interview transcript with Charles Imus of 1624 SW 16th St., Portland, conducted Feb. 24, 1939. Charley, 59, was a retired farm worker, logger, livery stable keeper and dance hall manager ... and, as we shall hear, an undertaker's son. The story he tells would have taken place in the late 1880s. Are ya religious? If ya are I won't tell this story. Awright, I guess it won't hurt ya none to hear it. It's about old man Donovan. He was as good a Catholic as I ever knew, until he got mad once....
Fruits and vegetables in the garden that have been showered with ash from wildfires should be safe to consume, according to Oregon State University Extension Service experts. Rinsing the produce outside and then again in the kitchen sink will help remove ash and the particulates that accompany it, according to Brooke Edmunds, associate professor and Extension community horticulturist in the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences. Ash and smoke are unlikely to penetrate fruit and vegetables,...
The opening of candidate filing last week brought on a fresh season of hope, of minorities to become majorities, of majorities to expand their reach, of incumbents to hang on for another term. Put in the context of other elections in recent times, you shouldn't expect the 2026 election to fulfill extravagant hopes, from any point of view. Generations ago, changes of a large number of legislative seats in a single election was common, but that has become a rarity. What recent elections tell us...
McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team hosts Eddyville Charter on Tuesday, September 23. Match time is set for 6:00 pm. The Eagle team travels to First Baptist Church in Eugene on Thursday, September 25, to participate in a three-way match schedule starting with Siletz Valley at 4:30 pm and following with a match versus Eugene Christian at 6:00 pm. McKenzie travels to Triangle Lake on Tuesday, September 30 and that match starts at 6:00 pm. The McKenzie Cross Country Teams travel to Cheadle Lake Park in L...
Sept. 16: 5:16 a.m: Traffic Hazard - McK. Hwy. 7:00 a.m: Harassment - 87400 blk, Cedar Flat Rd. 7:00 a.m: Attempt To Locate Drunk Driver - Camp Creek Rd. 10:41 a.m: Extortion - 91600 blk, Donna Rd. 4:16 p.m: Theft - 54800 blk, E. King Rd. 4:33 p.m: Assist Fire Department. 8:13 a.m: Welfare Check - 42100 blk, Holden Creek Ln. Sept. 17: 5:16 a.m: Traffic Hazard - McK. Hwy. 10:58 a.m: Gunshot Wound - 92100 blk, Marcola Rd. 3:48 p.m: Suspicious Conditions - 91300 blk, Blue River Rd. 4:54 p.m: Theft - 40000 blk, McK. Hwy. 6:07 p.m: Dog At Large -...
Sept. 17: 10:31: 90400 block, Sunderman Rd. Mutual Aid Canceled En Route By Mohawk Valley Fire. Sept. 18: 15:00: 51700 blk, Dexter St. Medical, General. Canceled En Route By Upper McK. Fire. 7:09: 45600 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 18: 9:34: 41700 blk, Madrone St. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. Sept. 19: 1:25: McK. Hwy. Milepost 36. Motor Vehicle Accident. Non-Injury/Blocking. 8:41: 39300 blk, McK. Hwy. Medical, General. Patient Assessed, 1 Transported. 10:05: 87200 blk, Cedar Flat Rd. Me...
Sept. 15: 11:26: Medical – 51000 block, Blue River Dr. Male, Conscious, Breathing. Sept. 18: 06:34: Medical – 56000 blk, N. Bank Rd. Female, Conscious, Breathing. 15:00: Medical – 51000 blk, Echo St. Male, Conscious, Breathing. Sept. 19: 18:54: Medical – 57000 blk, N. Bank Rd. Female, Conscious, Breathing. Sept. 20: 01:23: Motor Vehicle Accident, Unknown Injury - McK Hwy./Milepost 36. Caller went off road, says he's okay. Sept. 21: 13:26: Medical – 91000 blk, Taylor Rd. Male, Conscious, Breathing. 16:42: Smoke Check – 54000 blk, McK Hwy. Ca...
When my wife and I were dating, we knew our relationship was God-sent and that eventually we would be married. At the time we were facing college, but our parents were not hip on the two of us dorming on the same campus, so they refused to pay our tuition. Determined not to be split apart, we married and put ourselves through college. During our college years we struggled financially. One worked fulltime and the other schooled. Then the roles reversed. My wife's parents are wealthy. They buy...
I bought a voucher through Groupon for a restaurant in Minneapolis. The restaurant closed before I could use the voucher. I asked Groupon for a refund but it refused and instead gave me $65 in Groupon Bucks, which I can use for a new Groupon purchase. The reason: The original credit card I used to purchase the voucher had expired, and Groupon will only refund to the original form of payment. I don't want Groupon Bucks -- I want a refund. Can you help me? Sofya Mumford, Lutz, Fla. Groupon should...
I paid $7,155 for a business-class ticket from Hartford, Conn., to Dublin on Aer Lingus. When a pilot strike threatened my trip, the airline emailed me three options, including a full refund, which I selected. Aer Lingus refunded me $6,096 but withheld $1,058, claiming business-class tickets only qualify for an 85 percent refund. I filed multiple claims, called repeatedly, and even sent a registered letter to the CEO. No one responded. How can I get back my money? Martha Rhine, West Hartford,...
ACROSS 1. "____ of New York," 2002 movie 6. That guy 9. Extinguish birthday candles 13. Impolite dinner sound 14. Division of time 15. Forgo 16. On the move 17. Lake, in France 18. Alaska native 19. *The heaviest metal 21. *Inert gas of balloon fame 23. "Jersey Shore" network, acr. 24. Move like parasailor 25. Pick up, as in a criminal 28. Z, NATO phonetic alphabet 30. "A ship without ____," or one without purpose 35. Paella pot 37. Nessie's turf 39. Sweating room 40. Cyberspace soliloquy 41....
