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FEMA Recovery At A Glance Lane County Mar. 9, 2021
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FEMA Recovery At A Glance Lane County Mar. 9, 2021

ByTom Atkinson

Source: FEMA–DR 4562-OR–Fact Sheet #113 | Mar. 9, 2021 381 individuals and households have been approved for nearly $2.5 million in federal grants through FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. Nearly $6.4 million in U.S. Small Business Administration low-interest disaster loans have been approved for 52 homeowners and renters and four businesses as of Mar. 5….

Temporary FEMA Trailers Coming to Rainbow
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Temporary FEMA Trailers Coming to Rainbow

ByTom Atkinson

Source: McKenzieRiverReflectionsNewspaper.com US Basketball Academy will lease space for 17 units June 3, 2021 RAINBOW: Some area families should soon be able to return to living on the river again, after losing their homes in the Holiday Farm Fire last year. In an agreement between the Federal Emergency Agency and the US Basketball academy, 17…

McKenzie International Brings Track to community hit hard by wildfires
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McKenzie International Brings Track to community hit hard by wildfires

ByTom Atkinson

Source: KEZI.com By: Andrew Haubner In many ways, track is about birth and rebirth. You start each lap at 0 even if the race clock says otherwise. The Mckenzie area’s recovery after the holiday farm fire is a marathon. But a track event this week signalled the start of a new lap that may lead…

Opinion – It Seems to Me…
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Opinion – It Seems to Me…

ByTom Atkinson

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…

State of Oregon Fires and Hotspots Dashboard
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State of Oregon Fires and Hotspots Dashboard

ByTom Atkinson

There are 22 active wildfires in the North West that have burned nearly half a million acres so far in 2021. With this summer shaping up to break records for wildfires it pays to be informed. This Fire & Hotspot dashboard is an amazing resource featuring live updates covering Oregon and neighbouring states plus the…

Drive-Thru Bingo Nets Over $4,000!
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Drive-Thru Bingo Nets Over $4,000!

ByTom Atkinson

Source: VidaCommunityCenter.com On July 10th Vida McKenzie Community Center held a first ever Drive-Thru Bingo event. Of the 92 participants, there were many local residents but also folks from as far away as San Francisco (this couple actually won the grand prize!) and Grants Pass. Over $4000 was raised to help rebuild the Community Center!…