By GEORGE CUSTER/President/The Herald — After settling up all the bills and allowing the dust to settle, the Oakridge Disc Golf Club felt proud. Their pride came knowing that they could now donate their recent tournament proceeds to The American Legion, Post 64, Oakridge. The club gave a check for $1,250 to the Post. Legionnaires […]
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Oregon 2022 legislative preview: Here is what’s ahead that could affect your life as legislators gather
By JULIA SHUMWAY and ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle — Oregon legislators will return to Salem on Tuesday morning with a long list of policies to change and pet projects to fund, and 35 days to do it all. Job training is top of mind for most lawmakers and Gov. Kate Brown as Oregon has more […]
Read more...Oakridge district imposes policy of no food or beverages at school sports events
In response to Oregon’s ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases, the Oakridge School District has announced a ban on food and beverages for spectators at school athletic events. Friday’s announcement, posted on the district’s website, also contains a stern reminder that at such events masks are required to be worn by everyone except the participating athletes […]
Read more...County to consider adding eight deputies to sheriff’s office during Tuesday meeting
By DEAN REA/Editor/The Herald—Eight deputies will be added to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office if Lane County commissioners approve funding for the project during their Tuesday meeting. Five deputies would be assigned to the emergency response force, two as detectives and the eighth as a deputy sergeant as part of the county commission’s Ten-Year Public […]
Read more...Hills Creek Dam one of two on Willamette getting federal infrastructure funding
By KAREN RICHARDS/KLCC News — Oregon’s Army Corps of Engineers has learned which projects will be funded from the federal infrastructure bill. Two major dams in the Willamette Valley are among them. Cougar Dam sits on the McKenzie River upstream of Eugene and Hills Creek Dam is on the Willamette River three miles out of Oakridge. Both were built […]
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