Leaburg

Some electricity customers along the McKenzie River east of Springfield will be receiving bills from a new utility company this month. The move will help the area’s other utility, Lane Electric Cooperative, create more resilient infrastructure.

The Eugene Water and Electric Board is preparing to remove the Leaburg Dam, but doesn’t expect work to begin until at least 2032.

Organic Redneck Growers runs a fruit and vegetable farm less than a mile downriver from the Leaburg Dam. While the fields and structures were spared the…