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This past weekend, community members celebrated the official groundbreaking of the first cooperatively owned mobile home park formed in the Rogue Valley. This fall, families will be returning after the 2020 Almeda Fire destroyed most of the park.
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Residents of the Mohawk Valley east of Springfield will vote this May on a levy to support their rural fire district.
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Lane County has a new Emergency Manager. Tiffany Brown started in her position at the beginning of February.
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The bill would exempt from state income taxes any money received as a result of a wildfire-related lawsuit.
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Major insurers in central, southern and eastern Oregon have dramatically pulled back, forcing some homeowners to go to an insurer of last resort
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A new control system allowed Springfield to more quickly assess storm damage to its new streetlightsThe January ice storm threw a monkey wrench into the City of Springfield’s project to replace its 5,000 or so streetlights with new LED fixtures.
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Temperatures stayed above freezing in the Portland area Wednesday night, but several inches of snow fell in the mountains and along parts of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Eugene reopened the parking area for one of the city’s most popular trails Friday afternoon. It had been closed since the ice storm wreaked havoc last month.
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The Springfield Utility Board is facing criticism over its response to the recent ice storm.
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January’s ice storm tested the Eugene Water and Electric Board’s water system on several fronts. There were six water main breaks, one pump failure, and, critically, the utility lost power to its Hayden Bridge filtration plant, and had to run on backup power for 36 hours.
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Lane County’s largest and most popular park is still closed after suffering extensive damage from the ice storm last month.
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After more than two weeks, Willamalane is reopening a majority of its parks in Springfield.