Big Blue River Cleanup Heads into Third Weekend
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Big Blue River Cleanup Heads into Third Weekend

Blue sky is showing through the clouds here in Blue River as the third weekend of cleanup starts. Cascade Relief is back along with many local volunteers to help this devastated town get back on its feet. A huge thank you to all those who have sweated and strained over the last three weeks to…

McKenzie Valley Wellness Plan to Rebuild the McKenzie River Clinic
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McKenzie Valley Wellness Plan to Rebuild the McKenzie River Clinic

Val Rapp, president of board, McKenzie Valley Wellness has announced that they are going to rebuild the Clinic on the original site in Blue River and made the statement below: After considering other options, our original site is the best option. We are going to rebuild it as a 21st-century rural health clinic and wellness…

Cascade Relief Team Extend Blue River Cleanup to 3rd Week
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Cascade Relief Team Extend Blue River Cleanup to 3rd Week

Extended Cleanup Dates & Times March 3rd , 2021, 8:30AM – 5pm March 4th, 2021, 8:30AM – 5pm March 5th , 2021, 8:30AM – 5pm March 6th 2021 9:00am- 5:00pm March 7th 2021 9:00am -5:00pm They can’t get enough! Yes, Cascade Relief is coming back to Blue River for a THIRD week to help clean…

Metallic Winged Sculpture To Be Made From Holiday Farm Fire Remnants
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Metallic Winged Sculpture To Be Made From Holiday Farm Fire Remnants

Source: KLCC.org By Brian Bull “Making art from heartache” could be one way to describe a sculpture project that uses salvaged metal from the Holiday Farm Fire. The finished piece will honor the fortitude of McKenzie River Corridor residents. Roughly two truckloads of scrap metal from locals in the fire-ravaged areas have been gathered, totaling…

Dozens Of Volunteers Help Clean Up Blue River Through The Weekend
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Dozens Of Volunteers Help Clean Up Blue River Through The Weekend

Source: KLCC.org By Brian Bull The last five and a half months have been a struggle for residents of the McKenzie River Corridor. After the Holiday Farm Fire ravaged the area, winter brought floods, mudslides, and collapsing trees. But this weekend, three organizations converged on the town of Blue River, to give a helping hand….

Volunteers Help Blue River Clean Up After Holiday Farm Fire
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Volunteers Help Blue River Clean Up After Holiday Farm Fire

Source: RegisterGuard.com Words and photos by Chris Pietsch The residents of Blue River received a big boost over the weekend as dozens of volunteers gathered to help clean up a community still reeling from last year’s devastating Holiday Farm Fire. A coalition from Reach Out Worldwide and Cascade Relief Team joined locals in clearing the sites of…

Cascade Relief Team & Reach Out WorldWide Extend Blue River Cleanup
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Cascade Relief Team & Reach Out WorldWide Extend Blue River Cleanup

Extended Cleanup Dates: February 27th 2021 (Saturday) February 28th 2021 (Sunday)8am to 5pm The cleanup so far has been a huge success. Reach Out Worldwide and the Cascade Relief Team + many volunteers have made massive inroads into cleaning up the devastated properties in Blue River. During the cleanup the original Frances O’Brien Memorial Library…

Blue River’s Viral UPS Driver Means More To The Community Than The Packages He Delivers
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Blue River’s Viral UPS Driver Means More To The Community Than The Packages He Delivers

Source: KPIC.com By Olivia Young LANE COUNTY, Ore. — An update on a heart-warming story we brought you last week. We’re learning more about the trending video of a UPS driver making snow angels with a woman’s dog in Blue River. That UPS driver’s name is Ron, and he has been well known to the…

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

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…

‘We’ll be back’: Recovery phase continues after Holiday Farm Fire
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‘We’ll be back’: Recovery phase continues after Holiday Farm Fire

Source: KEZI.com By Jacob Roberts, Posted: Feb 1, 2021 12:57 PM The McKenzie Community Development Corporation has been at the forefront of the response and recovery effort after the fire. BLUE RIVER, Ore. — The landscape of the McKenzie corridor is unmistakably changed in the wake of the Holiday Farm Fire that broke out last…