By DOUG BATES/Editor/The Herald – If you live in Oakridge, you drive past it almost every day: the school district’s letter-board sign at First Street and Crest Drive. “BE THE LIGHT,” it says. Day after day. After day. Stuck in time. The words went up there nearly a year ago[Read More…]
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Commentary from your Highway 58 Herald editor: There’s more than just turmoil in this great town
By DOUG BATES/EDITOR/The Herald — Dear reader: I didn’t start this online newspaper to cover the kind of turbulence that’s dominating Oakridge headlines right now. See that fuzzy old news clipping above? That’s me 38 years ago, and there’s a relevant, timely story behind it. Allow me to explain. Dean[Read More…]
Oakridge mayor says nonrenewal of Cutchen contract would be ‘catastrophic’
In an open letter to the community, Kathy Nichols Holston says it’s ‘time to be courageous’; public forum on city administrator’s continued employment set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday via Zoom
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