Lane County Public Health is offering wildfire survivors free COVID-19 tests next week at the Lane Events Center.
Location – Lane Events Center Fairgrounds Parking Lot:
We have some exciting updates regarding the grant funds Lane County will be receiving from the State of Oregon. First, the application will be going live 5pm today, Thursday, December 3rd on the Community LendingWorks website communitylendingworks.org/emergency-grants/ and will remain open through Sunday, December 13th. The application will be streamlined to take businesses approximately 5…
***UPDATE*** The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) approved Oregon’s request to waive timely reporting of food loss for households in the counties of: Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill. This waiver approval will give affected households additional time to…
FEMA’s financial assistance is geared to helping the uninsured and they encourage anyone who has lost their home in the wildfires to register on their system immediately. Details on how to do this are below. Registration is mostly online but uninsured victims of the wildfires can also speak to a human representative who will help…
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…
Good News! As of Saturday, the Vida Relief Center now offers public WiFi thanks to Matt Sayre and the Oregon Internet Response volunteers. Currently, there is public WiFi access in the Information Center and near the buildings where there are multiple picnic tables available outside. The Vida Relief Center driveway gate is open only when the relief center is open (Tu/Th/Sa, 10a-4p) …
Blue River Water District Update First, a reminder that residents do not need to take any action to cancel their water services at this point. No bills will be issued at this time, and you will be notified in advance before this changes. Over the past ten days since the Holiday Farm Fire fire devastated…
