By DEAN REA/Correspondent/The Herald—The driver of a car believed to be connected with an earlier Pleasant Hill shooting incident was apprehended Saturday after a car chase on Interstate 5, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office reports. The car was one of two being sought by the sheriff’s office after shots were reported fired in the North […]
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Keep preparing, Oakridge, and have evacuation plan
Su Stella’s article about being prepared is spot on and a checklist of how to get ready. There is not one of us who can’t learn from what she has experienced. It should not be hard for us to move from hurricanes to wildlife, especially the preparation to evacuate. Growing up on Forest Service compounds […]
Read more...‘Tink’ the baby goat: Will the kid get a new home in Lowell? City planners may decide on Wednesday
By DEAN REA/Correspondent/The Herald — Tink is a Nigerian dwarf goat. Actually, she’s still a kid. She was born in Dexter with a spinal deformity. Tink now needs special long-term care. Jessica and Tim Osborn are eager to provide that help. But a conditional-use permit is required before Tink can move to Lowell and join […]
Read more...Body of missing kayaker found near Fall Creek Reservoir
The body of missing kayaker Glenn Hornsby, a 53-year-old Eugene resident, was discovered in the water near Fall Creek Reservoir shortly after 10 a.m. Friday by a local citizen, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office reported. Hornsby went kayaking at the reservoir on Monday, July 26 at about 9 a.m. He spoke to friends at about […]
Read more...A shot in the dark
I have been a journalist most of my life. Decided to become a writer at the age of 5, learned the printing trade as a boy, became a newspaper journalist while in college, worked as a weekly and daily newspaper journalist for several decades, taught journalism at three universities and ended up working as a […]
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