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:
Lane County Parks owns and operates four parks that were damaged in the wildfire: Helfrich Landing (milepost 28), Eagle Rock (milepost 35), H.J. Morton (milepost 37) and Forest Glen Landing (milepost 41). Only Helfrich Landing has reopened to the public. Combined, the parks are just over 31 acres in size and we estimate that hundreds…
Source: Content.GovDelivery.com Contact: OHA External Relations, orcovid19.media@dhsoha.state.or.us OHA recommends universal mask use for all public indoor settings In response to a large jump in cases and hospitalizations and new national guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Oregon Health Authority today is recommending universal mask use in public…
Dates of Note: 13th Oct. – Deadline for NEW Registrations 15th – 29th Oct. – Ballots go out The fires have displaced most of our community and right before the most important election for many years. If you are currently able to receive your mail through the Walterville Post Office you might not want to…
Source: McKenzieRiverReflectionsNewspaper.com By Tim Laue – July 1st 2021 It has been nine months since the Holiday Farm Wildfire devastated more than 170,000 acres and destroyed more than a thousand structures and five hundred homes in the McKenzie Watershed. Three seasons (Fall, Winter, and Spring) since thousands of McKenzie folk had to run for their…
NOTE – Beneath this article from OPB is the latest public advise from Lane County’s McKenzie Rebuilds service on what to do if FEMA declines your request for help, this is their dedicated FEMA advice page here. Source: OPB.org By April Ehrlich (Jefferson Public Radio) More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after…
