Highway 58 Herald • Page 828 of 833 • News of the Upper Willamette • Established 2021

Plant trees to pay tribute to Oakridge civic leader, businessman Jim Hill

The family of longtime Oakridge civic leader and businessman Jim Hill, who died recently at the age of 95, is asking that he be honored through the planting of trees rather than traditional memorial services. In his seven decades as a prominent resident of Oakridge, Hill was best known as[Read More…]

February 27, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

How to Use The Herald’s Weather/Highway 58 Pages

ODOT’s TripCheck Website Is Now at Your Fingertips The first drop-down item on our WEATHER/HWY menu is the Oregon Department of Transportation’s helpful TripCheck website. A click or tap will take you first to TripCheck’s highway camera map. Click on any of the camera icons and you will see, in[Read More…]

February 27, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

Oakridge on List of At-Risk NW Communities

Oakridge has been identified as one of 152 Pacific Northwest communities with an above-average wildfire risk, according to a mapping project commissioned by a Seattle-based nonprofit news organization called InvestigateWest. Oakridge also appears on a second list of 75 communities in the region with an above-average risk of extreme heat.[Read More…]

February 27, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

GOP Walkout in Salem Protests Brown’s Order

For the third straight year, Oregon Senate Republicans boycotted their chamber, this time to protest Gov. Kate Brown’s COVID-19 restrictions. In a letter signed by all 11 members of the GOP Senate caucus, they demanded that she “immediately reopen schools because science says it’s safe” and increase the amount of[Read More…]

February 26, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled

At Pleasant Hill: Flunk an Assignment, Expect a Call

By DEAN REA/The Herald Pleasant Hill middle and high schools keep track of F grades. “It’s part of an effort to help students improve their performance,” says High School Principal Randy Fisher. In his Feb. 9 report to the school board, Fisher showed a graph that tracks how this weekly[Read More…]

February 24, 2021 by Doug Bates Comments are Disabled