Susan Knudsen Obermeyer, an Oakridge civic leader and retired Forest Service employee, has accepted an invitation to join the board of directors of Highway 58 Herald, the nonprofit digital news site that began serving communities of the Highway 58 corridor as a free public service on Feb. 28. Knudsen Obermeyer,[Read More…]
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Oregon Reaches Milestone: 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered
The Oregon Health Authority reported the state’s one-millionth COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday. The first dose was administered less than three months ago, on Dec. 14. About one in five Oregonians who likely are eligible have now received at least one dose. The vaccine has been delivered to every Oregon county and[Read More…]
Sheriff’s Office Releases New Description of Suspect in Oakridge Shootings, Asks for Public’s Help
Investigators Remain Tight-Lipped About Victims, Saying It’s Under Policy Aimed at Protecting Their Safety While Suspect Remains at Large
Live Shows Again on the Ashland Stages? It’s Possible
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced that its new season will offer a mix of live and digital productions. This comes after nearly a year without live performances on the festival’s stages in Ashland, a result of state restrictions stemming from COVID-19. Read the full story here and check out[Read More…]
The ‘other’ season of smoke — prescribed burning — is about to return to Oakridge-Westfir
The Oakridge Air program, working in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, says seasonal prescribed burning is about to begin again in the Upper Willamette. “With the implementation of prescribed burning, Oakridge and Westfir may have short-duration smoke events,” the group advised Tuesday, April 13, in a news release. “In[Read More…]