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The 30th annual Teddy Bear Picnic is this Saturday in Eugene
The Eugene Public Library’s annual Teddy Bear Picnic is this Saturday at Amazon Park in Eugene. The event is celebrating its 30th year. Mike and Carleen McCornack & The Garden Variety Band have been part of the picnic every year. KLCC’s Rachael McDonald spoke with the pair. Mike McCornack says they started celebrating the Teddy Bear Picnic in 1995.
DFPA FIRE UPDATE FOR EARLY THURSDAY
Crews with the Douglas Forest Protective Association are dealing with fires that began as a result of lightning storms that swept across the district late Tuesday. *Middle Fork Fire: Located about 6.5 miles northeast of Glendale. It is estimated to be 1/10th of an acre. The fire continues to be in patrol status.
Couple left to rebuild after Central Point Grant Fire
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. - The Grant Fire that erupted Tuesday afternoon leaves Quade Norush and his wife with nothing. Multiple agencies responded to Grant Road in Central Point and the fire prompted Level 2 evacuations. Quade told NewsWatch 12 on a phone call that his wife was hospitalized last week due to E. Coli poisoning after eating contaminated sushi at a local restaurant.
Creative participants wanted for Halloween Downtown in Eugene
EUGENE, Ore. — City of Eugene Cultural Services is seeking help from the community to make Halloween Downtown bigger, better and more bone-chilling than ever. The annual free event, which attracted more than 5,000 visitors in 2023, is a longtime favorite among Eugene residents and regional tourists. The celebration traditionally has spanned across three blocks of Broadway to provide an afternoon of family friendly trick-or-treating, local vendor booths, circus performers, flash mobs and a pet parade.
Doctors Say Providence’s Sale of Its Hospitals’ Testing Labs Has Endangered Patients
When two of Portland’s three largest hospital systems announced last year they were selling their testing laboratories to a multinational North Carolina corporation named Labcorp, executives offered reassurances that the transition would be “seamless.”. “Excellent quality” service would continue, Providence CEO William Olson promised in a letter published...
Update: Be prepared for temperatures up to 104 degrees from Saturday to Monday
The National Weather Service issued an updated excessive heat warning at 9:51 p.m. on Thursday valid from Saturday 11 a.m. until Monday 10 p.m. for Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, John Day Basin, Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon and Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon as well as Wallowa County.
4 Oregon Cities Rank Among the Most Dangerous Cities in America
A new study says that some cities in Oregon are some of the most dangerous in the whole country. Based on FBI crime data, the study found that Ontario, Portland, Roseburg, and Coos Bay were some of the state’s most dangerous places to live. Ontario: The Most Dangerous City...
Update: Oregon under an excessive heat warning from Saturday to Monday
The National Weather Service issued an updated excessive heat warning at 2:40 p.m. on Friday valid from Saturday 11 a.m. until Monday 10 p.m. for Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon, Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, John Day Basin, Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon and Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon as well as Wallowa County.
Oregon's iconic Ka-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Resort celebrates grand reopening this week
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — After extensive renovations and hard work, the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort is reopening this week and Warm Springs - and visitors can finally experience the hot springs, swimming pool, authentic cultural experiences, Tribal food cart, and more!. The original iteration of the famous Warm Springs resort shuttered...
Rocky shores of Pacific Northwest show low resilience to changes in climate, research shows
A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the groups of organisms that live along the rocky shores of the Pacific Northwest. The study by Oregon State University scientists, involving four capes in Oregon and California, suggests these communities of species may have low resilience to climate change. Findings were published recently in Nature Ecology & Evolution. ...
Fair board announces fair, event dates at fairgrounds
The floor has been raised in the Oaks building. Heating and cooling units are being installed in the upstairs of the Clarno building. And the most important is that we have leased an 8 acre field across Reedsford Road for more parking and there will be an entrance to the fair on the west side of the fairgrounds. As most of you know we had a real problem with parking last year and this should resolve the issue. We have a lot of painting on...
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