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Waldo Lake, Fall Creek area to have limited access for years to come, officials say
Fires of unprecedented size and heat take years for areas to recover enough to ensure public safety. “The Willamette National Forest has had so much fire since 2020,”Lowell Evans, a fire recovery project manager, said at a recent U.S. Forest Service Middle Fork Ranger District meeting in Lowell. “Over 400,000 acres burned in four years, that’s a quarter of the forest and 190,000 acres on the Middle Fork District since fall of 2021.”
Level Two evacuation ordered for area north of Oakridge due to fire
OAKRIDGE, Ore. – Officials have increased the urgency of an earlier evacuation notice as firefighters work to contain the High Prairie Fire north of Oakridge. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said the area of east High Prairie Road near milepost 5, including Dead Mountain, Mountain View, Huckleberry and High Prairie Loop, are under a Level Two (Be Set) evacuation notice. Individuals in the area are urged to prepare to leave at a moment’s notice, and are advised that authorities may not be able to notify them if conditions worsen.
Lane County opens large animal shelter amid High Prairie Fire evacuations
EUGENE, Ore. — On July 18th Lane County set up a large animal and livestock evacuation shelter for those in the Level 2 (Be Set) evacuation area of the High Prairie Fire. If you are located in the Level 2 evacuation area, you can bring your large animals to the arena in Howard Buford Recreation Area located at: 34901 Frank Parrish Road, in Eugene.
Lane County will explore citizen redistricting proposal
After discussing an advisory committee's six proposed changes to Lane County's Charter, the Board of Commissioners rejected the committee's pair of proposed amendments to reform the county's redistricting process, instead choosing to further explore an alternate citizen proposal. The board also accepted the three least controversial recommendations. In 1976, Lane County expanded the...
Coming up on KEZI 9 News at 4: Lane County sets up livestock evacuation center; Eugene government moving into new City Hall
As a wildfire burns north of Oakridge, Lane County officials have set up a site where folks can bring their livestock. Also, the Eugene city government is moving into a new city hall building. Chief Meteorologist Holden LeCroy has the weather.
Willamalane kicks off annual summer concert series
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Willamalane’s annual Concerts in the Park series is on for the summer, with the fun kicking off on Wednesday night at Island Park in Springfield. Performing at this summer’s inaugural July 17 concert was the Sugar Beets, a Eugene-based band that performed traditional and contemporary bluegrass, folk, and country songs. The concert saw the biggest turnout in several years, according to organizers. Willamalane staff said that, in addition to a good time for attendees, Concerts in the Park is all for a good cause as Willamalane raised $1,000 for its food pantry and collected more than 1,500 pounds of food donations.
Global tech outage impacts Lane County
EUGENE, Ore. — Healthcare providers and businesses across Lane County were among those affected in a nationwide tech outage caused by the technology security company CrowdStrike. The outage began late Thursday night, July 18, and carried over into Friday, July 19. "Over the last 24 hours or so, we...
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