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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.”
BLM closes lands near Cottage Grove for safety amid wildfires
Oregon — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest Oregon District has temporarily closed BLM-managed public lands because of multiple fires in the area southeast of Cottage Grove, within the Sharps Creek and Clark Creek areas. The closure is for public and firefighter safety. The closure order closes the...
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...
Eugene-Springfield NAACP remembers forced demolition of the city’s first Black neighborhood
Community members gathered Monday morning at the Mims House—the historic site of one of Eugene’s first Black-owned homes—to remember the 75th anniversary of a dark time in the city’s history. In 1949, Lane County ordered the destruction of the homes and church of Eugene’s first Black...
Lane County Planning Commission votes against a gravel mine near Oakridge
The Lane County Planning Commission has voted against a potential gravel mine near Oakridge. But that doesn’t mean the project is dead. The Old Hazeldell Quarry would be located on TV Butte. Nearby residents have expressed concerns about pollution, noise, and impacts on the local elk population. On Thursday,...
Kotek proposes changing State School Fund calculations: Eugene/Springfield districts react
Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday released a proposal to increase the State School Fund’s current service level estimate for the 2025-27 biennium by $515 million. The State School Fund provides the majority of funding for K-12 public schools. In 2023, the state budgeted $10.2 billion for Oregon schools. The current service level is the state’s...
EWEB trains "rodeo team" for upcoming "Lineman's Rodeo" in Gresham
EUGENE, Ore. - The Eugene Water and Electric Board showed off their “rodeo team” on Monday morning ahead of the Pacific Northwest Lineman Rodeo on July 27. The lineman rodeo will be held in Gresham, and is a family-friendly event that showcases the skills and workload that electrical workers are tasked with every day. Lineman crews from all over Oregon and other western states like Washington and Idaho are expected to show up for the competition.
Eugene seeks new decarbonization strategies after failure of natural gas ban
Your browser does not support the audio element. A year after the failure of its natural gas ban, the city of Eugene is looking for new ways to reduce carbon emissions. City Council previously tried to ban natural gas hook-ups in new low-rise residential buildings. But that drew pushback from an advocacy group backed by Northwest Natural.
On the Agenda: Eugene strategic plan, city manager evaluation
To attend: The new Eugene City Council Chambers are the northern building on the former Eugene Water & Electric Board property at 500 E 4th Avenue, Eugene. Both Monday meetings will be hybrid, while the Wednesday meeting will be online only. To watch: Meetings stream online at bit.ly/Eugene-meetings, the city's...
University of Oregon, beach volleyball and club rowing athletes unable to reach settlement in federal Title IX lawsuit
The University of Oregon and current and former members of the school’s varsity beach volleyball and club rowing teams were unable to reach a settlement in the federal Title IX lawsuit filed by the athletes last year. Two days of settlement conference discussions before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F....
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