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Pyramid and Slate fires battle on: Crews fight flames, smoky skies linger
LINN COUNTY, Ore. — The Pyramid Fire is currently burning 615 acres and is 5% contained. It is located east of Middle Santiam Wilderness, and was caused by lightning. On Thursday, bulldozers, masticators, and heavy equipment finished building most of the control line around the fire perimeter using the existing road system.
Linn County Veteran's Services announces move to new office location
ALBANY, Ore. – Linn County Veteran's Services recently moved to a newly remodeled office location in Albany after several decades in their previous location, according to Linn County officials. The county said that their veteran’s services department, previously housed at 330 3rd Ave. SW, is now located at 505...
Another visit to this development site
Just a quick reminder of an obvious fact: Just because the City of Albany approves new housing does not mean that new housing will be built, at least not right away. When the bike and I stopped at the corner of Airport Road and Franklin Avenue last month, it had been almost a year since my last visit.
Oregon State Fire Marshal Leads Efforts To Protect Communities From Wildfires
The wildfires in Oregon have created significant challenges due to hot temperatures and strong winds. The Oregon State Fire Marshal, Mariana Ruiz-Temple, has emphasized the importance of public awareness and preventive measures to avoid sparking new fires. The eastern part of the state is particularly vulnerable, with expectations of abundant lightning, gusty winds up to 60 miles per hour, and high temperatures.
Some of the HSJI’s participants may be part of our next generation of journalists
The world will always need journalists. Communities across the globe will always need reporters to hold those in power accountable and to be a voice for the afflicted. Even as the journalism industry continues to evolve, one thing we have known with certainty, is that we will always need journalists.
NewsChannel 21 to host Janelle Bynum-Lori Chavez-DeRemer debate, in one of the hottest House races in the US
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After weeks of negotiations with the campaigns on a date and format, the two candidates in Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District, Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum, have agreed to a debate this fall on NewsChannel 21, the station announced Friday. The hour-long debate is scheduled to take place The post NewsChannel 21 to host Janelle Bynum-Lori Chavez-DeRemer debate, in one of the hottest House races in the US appeared first on KTVZ.
A tanker plane crash has killed a firefighting pilot in Oregon as Western wildfires spread
Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, as a fast-moving blaze sparked by lightning sent people fleeing on fire-ringed roads in rural Idaho and a human-caused inferno forced evacuations in northern California.
At 610 Sherman St., a new chapter begins
Four years after the City of Albany condemned a house at 610 Sherman St. and then had it demolished, the still vacant lot has new owners and is being prepared for construction. The lot is across Sherman Street from Hackleman Park. A bike ride took me past the address Saturday....
LBCC plans to hold surplus sale July 29-Aug. 1
Linn-Benton Community College plans to hold a surplus sale from Monday, July 29, to Thursday, Aug. 1, on its Albany campus on the second floor of the commons building. Proceeds from the event will benefit various campus projects that are not covered by other budgets. The sale will run daily...
Coastal tribes, nonprofit work to bring sea otters back to Oregon: ‘It's a chance to really shift a paradigm’
CANNON BEACH, Ore. — Chanel Hason gets a lot of false reports of sea otters on the Oregon Coast. "I get email several times a month of someone saying they saw a sea otter running along the beach in Oregon somewhere,” said Hason. “It's very, very rare that it's actually a sea otter.”
Oregon public defense commission drafts ‘crisis plan’ to cut number of defendants without lawyers
Oregon’s public defense agency has released a 90-day crisis plan to address a backlog of criminal defendants without attorneys that also calls for longer-term fixes costing more than $100 million in additional state funding. The emergency plan would eliminate the number of people held in jail without a public...
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