Author: Bob

Street closures; School levy extension; LCC Board; Lane County Parks Plan; DMV scam; and gas prices

Two area streets closed by repairs and construction Rhododendron Drive between Greenwood and the south entrance to Peace Harbor Medical Center will be closed today and tomorrow as crews work on installing a 42-inch storm water culvert. The culvert serves a drainage way near the city’s Waste Water Treatment Facility. […]

Rain cancels non-league Civil War; Too wet for Viking baseball. Siuslaw softball loses to #3 team in the state and a trio of Siuslaw Freshmen swept a pair of races in Winston

Rain cancels Oregon-Oregon State baseball, delays Siuslaw and South Umpqua. A non-league civil war baseball game scheduled for last night between Oregon and Oregon State in Corvallis was rained out… it’s not clear when or if it may be rescheduled. Prep baseball between South Umpqua and Siuslaw was also rained […]

Real Estate rebound; Mapleton Schools get seismic funding; Street sinkhole; Climate change evidence; School budget extension.

Real Estate market becoming one for the sellers… The good news is that the local real estate market is on the solid upswing.  The bad news is if you’re looking to buy, you’re also looking at a limited supply and higher prices. That’s the take from the first-quarter real estate […]