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Oregon Landowner Suit Seeks $103M from Public Utilities for Wildfire May 17, 2021 A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and Electric Board for damages linked to one of the Labor Day fires that ravaged communities around the state. The Holiday Farm fire killed one person and destroyed 430 homes, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The plaintiffs contend t...

Lawsuit seeks $103M from public utilities over wildfire May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and Electric Board for damages linked to one of the Labor Day fires that ravaged communities around the state. The Holiday Farm fire killed one person and destroyed 430 homes, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The plaintiffs contend that ...

Lawsuit seeks $103 million in damages from two public utilities stemming from Holiday Farm wildfire Updated 3:24 PM; Today 2:11 PM An aerial view of the town of Blue River, OR on Oct. 6, 2020 after the Holiday Farm Fire. Photo courtesy of @TripJenningsVideo@tripjenningsvideo Facebook Share A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in the McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from two public utilities, Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water & Electric Board, for damages arising from t...

Lawsuit seeking wildfire damages from PacifiCorp can move forward, judge rules Today 6:30 AM A swingset and the remains of burned homes and a vehicle in Gates, Oregon on Sept. 13, 2020. The town of Gates, along the Santiam River was all but destroyed by fires sparked in the Santiam Canyon on Labor Day. Brooke Herbert / Staff Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian/OregonLiveBrooke Herbert/The Oregonian/OregonLive Facebook Share Plaintiffs in a lawsuit looking to hold PacifiCorp responsible for Labor D...

Corvallis Housing First Receives Aid to Repurpose Motel March 1, 2021 The Oregon Community Foundation announced that Project Turnkey is providing grants for properties in Corvallis, Eugene, and Lincoln City.  Corvallis Housing First was selected and received $2.475 million in funds from Project Turnkey to buy and renovate a 24-room hotel in south Corvallis. Unhoused community members, including disabled people, veterans, people of color, and seniors, will be prioritized.  “We are so excited...

   Salmon benefit from downed logs in streams and rivers. It gives them shelter during floods and helps keep them from being washed out to sea before they’re big enough. The Echo Mountain Complex fire tore through several neighborhoods near Lincoln City. Credit Chris Lehman / KLCC   When the Echo Mountain Complex fire tore through parts of the Oregon coast near Lincoln City last fall, wildlife groups saw an opportunity. Thousands of fire-damaged logs with no marketable value will be turne...

Victims of the Slater fire in Northern California and Southern Oregon have filed a lawsuit alleging PacifiCorp was negligent in failing to maintain its transmission lines or de-energize them in advance of the conflagration that burned more than 157,000 acres, destroyed 700 structures and killed one person.

Cheryl pictures of her finished quilt to me back in November.  It was part of that email that had escaped me when I was busy finishing the quilts for kids in need.  I still haven’t gotten back to it.  UGH.  Cheryl was so sweet and understood and just sent the email to me again.  Feel free to send another email to me if I missed something.  Thanks for letting me be human Cheryl!!  Anyway…without even more delay, here’s Cheryl and Beth’s quilt. Beth sent this lovely Courthouse Step...

300 homes burned in the tiny coastal community and they still need help of all kinds. Author: Christelle Koumoué (KGW) Updated: 12:22 AM PST January 11, 2021 OTIS, Oregon — Corey Rivera spearheaded the cleanup effort at Pony Trail Lane in Otis after the Echo Mountain Complex fire ravaged the coastal town in September. "It was 6 weeks in the planning, a lot of phone calls, a lot of interaction and then those first 8 days there were so intense," said Rivera. He...

A wet weather system moving into the region Monday is expected to bring heavy rainfall and concerns for flooding.