
Oakridge City Hall
By GEORGE CUSTER/Editor — You may want to attend or Zoom this Thursday’s regular session of the Oakridge City Council. Along with numerous agenda items to be heard, Mayor Bryan Cutchen will be delivering his State of the City (SOTC) address.
The SOTC address usually contains the mayor’s reflection on the past year as well as looking toward the upcoming new year. The entire State of the City address will be made available to our readers once released to The Herald.
Big changes may be in store for Oakridge airport
The city will be sending a letter of support to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). The EDA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The letter pledges Oakridge’s support for a proposed massive development at the Oakridge Airport by the Oregon Department of Aviation. The letter, to be cosigned by the mayor and city administrator, speaks to the positive aspects of the proposed project.
You can read the letter below.
George Custer lives in Oakridge with his wife Sayre. George is a former smokejumper from his hometown of Cave Junction, a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. and ran a construction company in Southern California. George assumed the volunteer duties as the Editor of the Highway 58 Herald in 2022. He loves riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, building all things wood, and playing drums on the weekends in his office.