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Last night 9/12/20 the official government Holiday Farm Fire Facebook page hosted a live event full of valuable information for local residents. You can watch the recorded livestream here.
Last night 9/12/20 the official government Holiday Farm Fire Facebook page hosted a live event full of valuable information for local residents. You can watch the recorded livestream here.
Certain Oregon disaster survivors who have lost work as a direct result of the Oregon wildfires since Sept. 7 are eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). DUA benefits are available to workers in the eight Oregon counties that have been federally designated for disaster assistance: Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion. DUA…
Community LendingWorks, Lane County, and the cities of Coburg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Florence, Oakridge, Springfield, and Veneta have come together to create a new Small Business Emergency Grant Fund to provide additional financial support to help our local businesses through the pandemic. Eligible businesses must: – Have 25 or fewer FTE (full-time equivalent) employees as…
We hope you took the opportunity to get your voices heard at the last Public Hearing on May 7th which covered Senate Bill 745 & Blue River’s ability to form a Sanitary District. The next chance for McKenzie River residents to participate in the House Special Committee On Wildfire Recovery is May 21st at 10am….
Lane County Government are holding their next and final Facebook Live Recovery Update at noon on June 17 here www.facebook.com/LaneCountyGovernment. Below is the most recent one and you can view all past update videos at www.mckenzierebuilds.org/updates. Previous Update: May 26th May 26 Rebuilding Q&A with Lane County Land Management from Lane County Government on Vimeo. Do you have…
Source: KLCC.org By Brian Bull A monument to resiliency and rebirth now stands in the McKenzie River Corridor town of Blue River, which was ravaged by last year’s Holiday Farm Fire. The metal phoenix sculpture – called “Viribus” was installed Thursday morning and will watch over Blue River as it rebuilds. Sculptor Jud Turner and…
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…