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Undefeated volleyball team at Lowell tops Jefferson

Lowell High School’s volleyball team beat Jefferson in three games Thursday. Lowell is now 3-0 in league and overall. The scores were 25-22, 25-9 and 25-23. Lowell’s standout players were Lucy Plahn, with six stuff blocks and seven aces, and Lydia Plahn with five kills and six aces. Jefferson’s standout[Read More…]

March 12, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

Warriors outmanned in opener with South Eugene

By DEAN REA/Correspondent/The Herald — The Oakridge Warriors were outmanned 3-1 but held their own during the season’s opening 7-on-7 football game Thursday afternoon at South Eugene High School. No official score was kept during the hour-and-a-half game, which is much like touch football and involves constant running by the[Read More…]

March 11, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

All Oregon Dems join to back Biden pandemic plan

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau — President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion pandemic recovery plan, which won final approval on Wednesday with the support of Oregon’s four Democrats and opposition from its lone Republican in the U.S. House. In descending order, the largest shares go toward economic stimulus payments[Read More…]

March 11, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

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Community delivers emotion-packed outpouring of support for Oakridge City Administrator Bryan Cutchen, demanding that he be kept on the job

By DOUG BATES/Editor/The Herald — One by one, they flickered to life on the Zoom screen, like participants in the old “Hollywood Squares” TV show, in a powerful and unprecedented show of support for an Oakridge public servant under attack. Business owners, civic leaders, professional people, retirees, neighbors — 22[Read More…]

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Lowell council’s challenge: What to do with house?

By DEAN REA/The Herald — What to do with the house at 205 E. Main St. is a question that has stumped Lowell council members. Should the city fix it up as a rental, tear it down, burn it, clean it up and offer it for sale as commercial property?[Read More…]

March 11, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled