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Even before the Holiday Farm Fire of 2020, residents in the McKenzie River Corridor had to cope with unreliable internet. This grant-funded project brings resilient broadband infrastructure to the rural community.
McKenzie International Brings Track to community hit hard by wildfires In many ways, track is about birth and rebirth. You start each lap at 0 even if the race clock says otherwise. The Mckenzie area's recovery after the holiday farm fire is a marathon. But a track event this week signalled the start of a new lap that may lead to some steadier times ahead. Posted: Jun 25, 2021 5:56 PM Updated: Jun 25, 2021 10:45 PM Posted By: Andrew Haubner Blue River, Ore. -- Standing in the middle of the McKenzie Community Track, one could almost be forgiven for forgetting what happened here nine months a...
Oregon's Holiday Farm Fire left very little behind as it tore through the McKenzie River Valley east of Eugene in the fall of 2020. Cell service was eliminated as 27 miles of fiber were destroyed along with homes and businesses, leaving roughly 800 people without a way to communicate with the outside world. But the communities scattered across the valley quickly came together to create their own makeshift network using point-to-multipoint wireless. For some of them, the new DIY Internet service is delivering faster speeds than they had before. The volunteer group that built the network calls ...