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Preparing for Fire Season Wildfires are a growing threat in the Northwest and a lot of money is spent on fire suppression. But a less costly approach could be to make homes and buildings more resistant to damage. Kate Anderson with Sightline Institute says “fire hardening” is far cheaper and […]
Mother’s Decision Remains the Same The story broke last weekend of the mother who pulled her 12 year old son from the local club baseball team over a blue flag lives matter. Teri Webb spoke with Coast Radio about her decision. And while she said she had no ill feelings […]
Rural Agencies May Suffer Financially Under a proposal from the Legislature, Oregon’s service agencies could see a cut to spending. It could hit hardest in rural areas. Under the Committee on Ways and Means Co-Chair budget, state agency spending would be cut by two-point-five percent. John Mullin worked with […]
Youth Homelessness Grants Deadline Extended Homelessness is not uncommon for the youth in Lane County. In fact two of the 10 rhododendron Court royalty had experienced homelessness over the past several years. Luckily for them their situation has improved, however there are still youth, not just here but around the […]
Mom Accuses Baseball League of Discrimination An incident involving the Florence Littlefoot baseball program locally became an issue for one Florence mom on racism and awareness. Teri Webb whose son participates in youth baseball on the local team was upset that the uniforms were printed with a flag containing a […]
Lane County Health Rankings A national program that ranks the health of counties based on a variety of measures has released its annual rankings. CountyHealthRankings.org looks at health factors, policies and programs and overall health outcomes and considers health behaviors, socio-economic factors and the physical environment which includes air quality, […]
Stolen Backhoe It must have been a bad night to be a heavy equipment thief in the Eugene area Monday night. Lane County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a report of an abandoned backhoe just off Highway 126, about a half-mile west of Greenhill Road Tuesday morning before eight AM. […]
Affordable Housing Units Dents are being made in the scarcity of affordable housing in Florence with a project well underway on highway 101 near the Presbyterian Church of the Siuslaw with continuing efforts to bring even more on line. A separate project that hopes to be underway in the next […]
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