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Rural voters in Oregon and across the U.S. tend to be swing voters and may decide the outcome of this year's presidential election. Their biggest concerns are the economy, threats to democracy, and abortion - according to a new Rural Democracy Initiative poll. Sarah Jaynes, executive director of the initiative, said these voters want elected leaders to prioritize lowering costs and...

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Rural voters want worker-centered policies, poll says

On Saturday, October 12th, around 1:30 p.m., McKenzie Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident at McKenzie Highway and Leaburg Dam Road. They arrived to find a single vehicle submerged in Leaburg Lake, approximately 20 yards off the shoreline. The single occupant was able to get to shore safely and declined medical assistance. Crews remained on scene until Lane County...

Launch lands car in lake

VIDA: "We've structured what we've presented tonight not just to take a position but to look at the whole decision that has been made by EWEB to see what is the right thing to do," was how Bob Weeks summed up the purpose of a meeting that drew more than four dozen people last week. The gathering at the Vida McKenzie Community Center last Tuesday was sponsored by Neighbors For...

Knocking on EWEB's door

Residents of the McKenzie School District could change how school board elections are decided in the upcoming May 2025 election. If approved, petition 20-2024-75 would allow voters to rank candidates in order of preference on a single ballot in an at-large election. Sometimes referred to as “instant runoff voting,” ranked-choice voting (RCV) was not on a statewide ballot until this year. While Mea...

Changes to McKenzie School voting qualify for the ballot

Kathleen Sullivan has $4,000 in fraudulent charges on her Citi Costco Visa. Why won't Citibank help her? I've had 20 fraudulent charges on my Citibank account, and I need your help removing them. The charges happened six months ago, and they were all for an online travel agency called Agoda. I immediately notified Citi and Agoda. Citi issued me a new card, but the fraudulent charges...

Why won't Citi remove these fraudulent charges from my card?

A Rainbow area man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident last Thursday night. According to a 911 caller, the motorcycle accident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. on October 3rd near milepost 50 of Hwy. 126. Now listed in critical but stable condition at Riverbend Hospital is Paul Vernon Lloyd. Reports from an Oregon State Police investigation weren’t available at press time, but a witnes...

Rainbow resident in critical condition after cycle wreck

BLUE RIVER: On October 2nd, the Lane County Clerk verified four recall petitions for members of the Blue River Water and Sanitation District and the Blue River Park and Recreation District. Tony Casad and Josh Cloke, who hold seats on both boards, were named in the petitions. Shannon Goodpasture-Lehr of Vida filed the petitions. In her filing for the water district, Goodpasture-Lehr claimed Casad...

Petitions targeted two for recall

Devon McCourt filed an initiative with the Lane County Clerk that would prohibit members of the McKenzie School Board from serving more than two consecutive four-year terms or more than eight straight years. Members who served two successive terms would be ineligible to return for two years if approved. The initiative would also make board members subject to recall for failing to fulfill their...

School board term limits?

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LEABURG: A two-vehicle crash on Monday near Milepost 24 of the McKenzie Hwy. took the life of a California man. According to the Oregon State Police (OSP), their preliminary investigation indicated that around 12:20 p.m., an eastbound Dodge Ram 3500, operated by Colton Lane Wellette (20) of Monroe, was pulling a gooseneck trailer loaded with bales of hydroseed. As the Dodge negotiated the curve...

Fatal wreck at Leaburg Lake

The arrival of new modular homes at Lazy Days Park is becoming an ongoing sight. By Tuesday, four had already been delivered, and more were coming. The remaining ten homes are scheduled for delivery in November. Over the next month, homes will be transported from on-site temporary placements to permanent foundations. Transport on-site will result in short highway closures, with the Oregon...

New homes arriving at Lazy Days

While the Lane League wholeheartedly supports the establishment of an Independent Redistricting Commission within the Lane County Charter, we are strongly opposed to Measure 20-362. In a nutshell this is why: * An Independent Redistricting Commission MUST be truly independent and allow for a diversity of voices to be at the table, including minorities and communities of interest that have been...

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