Blue River

Blue River is still rebuilding from the Holiday Farm Fire of 2020. On April 5, the community held a block party to celebrate the progress.

The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees are being felt especially hard in rural communities across Oregon. While the potential impact to the state’s unemployment rate won’t be known until late March, workers who recently lost their jobs are already feeling the effects.

The McKenzie Community Land Trust is breaking ground on six affordable homes in Blue River for people who survived the Holiday Farm Fire.

Regrowth and renewal were the themes of a special ceremony in Blue River on Sunday. The event was also to highlight the history of Native Americans in the McKenzie River Corridor.

Four years after it was destroyed in the Holiday Farm fire, the McKenzie River Clinic has been rebuilt on its original site in Blue River.

Fire officials say the rains over the weekend have helped them make progress on Oregon’s forest fires, reducing heat and dampening potential fuels.

Hotter temperatures mean wildfire season is underway across many parts of the U.S. And while news crews tend to put away the mics and cameras once the firefighters leave, for residents in communities that have burned, the repercussions continue long after the flames are out.

This weekend, about 100 people gathered in Blue River to celebrate the grand opening and dedication of its new fire station.

A mobile home park destroyed by the Holiday Farm Fire in 2020 is being rebuilt, with new units expected this summer.

The McKenzie Corridor community of Blue River continues to rebuild, nearly four years after a wildfire leveled most of it.

Ground broke late last month for the O’Brien Memorial Library in Blue River. The previous building was destroyed in the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire.

Several draft concepts for rebuilding the fire-ravaged community of Blue River will be presented by Lane County officials on Nov. 8. Local input is encouraged.