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Wasco County moves from “moderate” to “lower" risk Friday, June 11

  • By GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau
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Wasco County moves from the "moderate" to the "lower" risk level Friday, June 11, but most Oregonians will see no change this week to local COVID-19 risk level restrictions as 30 counties retained their current tiers, Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday.

Opinion

With learning, anyone can help reduce suicide

An op-ed piece written by Lissa Voorhees and Sandy Moses of Lane County was published, Sept. 11, 2012 by the Eugene Register Guard for Suicide Prevention Week, and was submitted by Susan Gabay of Mosier, a suicide prevention advocate. Her daughter, Susanna, took her own life in 2009 at age 19.

Gorge Life

Oregon trail story retold

  • Christian Hill
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The Lost Wagon Train of 1853 has faded into history, but the experiences of the homesteaders who took the harrowing shortcut into the upper Willamette Valley continue to live on. The unique Oregon Trail story has been brought back to life earlier this month in time for its 160th anniversary during two reader’s theater performances. More than 60 people attended the Saturday, Nov. 2 performance at the Wildish Community Theater in downtown Springfield, which benefited Start Making A Reader Today.

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16 arrested in pot bust

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Authorities say they seized about 3,000 marijuana plants from sites in the Willamette National Forest over the weekend after jailing 16 people.

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Lane Co. rejects GMO ban

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EUGENE (AP) — An initiative to ban genetically modified crops in Lane County has been rejected as too broad.