Cedar Creek Fire Quick Facts Size: 8,421 acres Contained: 12% Start Date: August 1, 2022 Location: 15 miles E of Oakridge, OR Cause: Lightning Total personnel: 801 Resources:12 engines 9 crews 34 heavy equipment 8 helicopters Pacific Northwest Team 3 will be transitioning to Northwest Team 6 today Current Situation Hot, dry, and unstable conditions […]
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Chamber of Commerce After-Hours & fundraiser at Banner Park draws large crowd
By LYNDA KAMERRER/for The Herald August 23rd — The Oakridge/Westfir Chamber of Commerce held an After-Hours event to support the Banner park kiosk project. The Oakridge Parks and Community Services committee is raising money to have the kiosk built. Lynda Kamerrer, a member of the committee, said “A big thank you is in order to […]
Read more...Bend shooting brings gun issues to forefront in election
By GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau The apparent attempted mass murder at a Safeway in Bend on Sunday cranked up the political heat on the already hot-button gun control debate in the 2022 election. Police say Ethan Blair Miller, 20, killed two men Sunday evening at the Safeway supermarket near his apartment in east […]
Read more...See you in September: 1st Friday Art Walk kicks off Labor Day weekend uptown Oakridge
By JANET HANSEN — You can feel it in the air. Fall is on its way and Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer as school begins, vacations are over, and the mornings and evenings are a little crisper. Come uptown and hang out in our galleries with local artists, refreshments of all sorts, […]
Read more...Cedar Creek Fire August 30, 2022 Daily Update – 10:00 AM
Cedar Creek Fire Quick Facts Size: 7,821 acres Contained: 12% Start Date: August 1, 2022 Location: 15 miles E of Oakridge, OR Cause: Lightning Total personnel: 821 Resources:13 engines, 11 crews, 30 heavy equipment, 8 helicopters Community Meeting Today August 30th at 6:00PM ~ Greenwaters Park Community Building Community Meeting: A community meeting will be held Today, August 30th, […]
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