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UPDATE – Emergency RV Placement Permit Fees Waived
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UPDATE – Emergency RV Placement Permit Fees Waived

ByTom Atkinson

***Update*** To help, advise and issue permits for RV/Trailer septic and electric hookups to residents of the McKenzie Valley returning to their properties after the fire, Lane County will be at the McKenzie Fire Station in Leaburg tomorrow the 23rd October between 10am – 2pm. They intend this to be a regular event going forwards…

McKenzie Highway Relief Centers UPDATE – What You Need to Know
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McKenzie Highway Relief Centers UPDATE – What You Need to Know

ByTom Atkinson

Grassroots volunteer efforts have come together to form a string of Relief Centers along the McKenzie Highway in the area impacted by the Holiday Farm Fire. Blue River Relief Center at McKenzie Community School Rainbow Relief Center at Upper McKenzie Community Center Vida Relief Center at McKenzie River Discovery Center Two of the centers offer…

Volunteers Needed for Holiday Farm Fire Cleanup Efforts
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Volunteers Needed for Holiday Farm Fire Cleanup Efforts

ByTom Atkinson

Source: NBC16.com Written by Olivia Young BLUE RIVER, Ore. — Five months after the Holiday Farm Fire destroyed over 400 homes, a grassroots relief team is helping some of those homeowners start the recovery process. Some charred metal and ashes are all that’s left of one woman’s property after the Holiday Farm Fire destroyed her…

Should I Use my Insurance to Pay for Wildfire Cleanup?
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Should I Use my Insurance to Pay for Wildfire Cleanup?

ByTom Atkinson

Oregon’s Debris Management Task Force strongly urges individual property owners not to remove hazardous materials and debris themselves because of the cost and the potential risks to health and safety. Doing the cleanup on your own will be more costly than using the state and county-led program, and could reduce the amount of insurance money…

Timber Unity Funds Tool Lending Library in Blue River to Open This Weekend
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Timber Unity Funds Tool Lending Library in Blue River to Open This Weekend

ByTom Atkinson

Source: RegisterGuard.com By Adam Duvernay Residents rebuilding after the Holiday Farm Fire soon will have a place to borrow chainsaws and other tools thanks to a timber and agriculture worker advocacy group. Timber Unity, a natural resources industries activism organization, has donated funds and tools for the beginning of a lending library in Blue River…

#McKenzieStrong – Sarah – Serendipity Coffee
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#McKenzieStrong – Sarah – Serendipity Coffee

ByTom Atkinson

Sarah Slowick came to the McKenzie valley in search of a sense of community, and she was not disappointed. “I was living in Hawaii, in this cabin by myself in the middle of the jungle, and was really isolated,” she says, recalling that when she saw the coffee cart for sale in Blue River it…