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:
If you have not yet applied for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) now is the time as the deadline for new applications is tomorrow the October 23rd. We have embedded the application instructions below but be warned they require a lot of paperwork to support your application. Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is funded by FEMA and…
Source: KLCC.org credit Rachael McDonald The library was one of hundreds of buildings in Blue River destroyed by the Holiday Farm Fire last month. Community members are already thinking about how to rebuild it. The library in Blue River was named for Frances O’Brien, a teacher who started checking out books from her front porch…
***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…
Oregon residents who lost access to waterand sewer servicethrough their private wellsand septic systemsdue to the September wildfirescould be considered for financial assistance under FEMA’s Individualsand Households Program. Residents in Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn and Marion counties designated for federal assistance to individuals and households due to 2020 wildfires may be eligible…
Post office service for our fire-affected areas has now moved to Walterville (for opening hours and contact info, follow this link: https://postofficeshours.com/or/walterville/walterville ) Your mail will be automatically redirected there if it can’t be delivered at your usual street address or PO box. There is no need to file a change of address unless you…
It’s going to be a difficult holiday season for many in the McKenzie valley. Some will spend it in hotel rooms after being displaced for months, while others camp out in RV or even tents on their properties as they work on repairing and rebuilding their lives after the Holiday Farm Fire. And all this…
