Blachly
Blachly, OR · Health
lookouteugene-springfield.com
As Springfield weighs annexation request, regional behavioral health needs hang in the balance
The Springfield City Council Monday, May 18, will hear testimony on an annexation proposal that goes well beyond just adding land to the city limits — it’s an issue that touches on behavioral health, property rights and regional politics. The nearly 18-acre annexation request comes after years of...
kezi.com
New Pain Care Surgery Center
A local health clinic celebrated its grand opening of its newest surgery center location in Springfield.
hh-today.com
City ‘may apply’ for Talking Waters permit
The Cox Creek Path often takes me past Albany’s Talking Water Gardens, dormant now for the second year in a row. The question is whether this wastewater treatment installation, completed in 2012 at a cost of about $14 million, will ever be used again. The Water Gardens are shut...
kezi.com
Pacific Sports and Spine expands with Springfield location
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Pacific Sports and Spine opened a surgery center in Springfield with a ribbon cutting and community open house. The new facility is on Beverly Street near Gateway Street. It will focus on treatments and techniques to help people living with acute and chronic pain from sports and spine injuries.
philomathnews.com
Life Line Screening event set for May 29 at Scout Lodge
Life Line Screening will host a preventive health screening event on Friday, May 29, at the Philomath Scout Lodge. The company, which bills itself as a national leader in stroke and cardiovascular disease risk screenings, is offering a package of four tests for $129. The screenings include checks for carotid artery disease, atrial fibrillation, abdominal aortic aneurysm and peripheral artery disease.
Law & Crime
Doctor left 'twigs, pine needles and moss' inside teen's wound before stitching him up, hospital tried blaming deadly infection symptoms on COVID: Lawsuit
An Oregon doctor stitched up a wound on a teen's arm without removing "twigs, pine needles, and moss" that were inside of it, leading to a "deep tissue infection" that killed him, a lawsuit says. The post Doctor left 'twigs, pine needles and moss' inside teen's wound before stitching him up, hospital tried blaming deadly infection symptoms on COVID: Lawsuit first appeared on Law & Crime .
hh-today.com
Hospital street gets a smooth surface
People driving to the Albany Hospital now don’t have to dodge as many potholes as before. As part of the $1.2 million resurfacing of Elm Street going on now, a 270-foot section of Sixth Avenue in front of Samaritan Albany General Hospital also was repaved last week. I checked...
opb.org
With ApolloMD out, PeaceHealth changes its plan, signals a reunion with Eugene Emergency Physicians
PeaceHealth has reversed course, announcing Wednesday it now intends to renew its contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians to staff its Lane County emergency departments. The news came on the same day that an agreement was reached in a lawsuit aimed at preventing PeaceHealth from ditching the group in favor of the management corporation, ApolloMD.
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With ApolloMD out - PeaceHealth changes its plan, signals a reunion with Eugene Emergency Physicians
PeaceHealth has reversed course, announcing Wednesday it now intends to renew its contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians to staff its Lane County emergency departments. The news came on the same day that an agreement was reached in a lawsuit aimed at preventing PeaceHealth from ditching the group in favor of the management corporation, ApolloMD.
KVAL
OHA again rates EWEB an 'Outstanding Performer' as Eugene water meets standards
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene’s drinking water met all state and federal drinking water quality standards, and Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) maintained its rating as an ‘Outstanding Performer’ from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), according to EWEB’s recently published 2025 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).
nbc16.com
OHA again rates EWEB an 'Outstanding Performer' as Eugene water meets standards
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene’s drinking water met all state and federal drinking water quality standards, and Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) maintained its rating as an ‘Outstanding Performer’ from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), according to EWEB’s recently published 2025 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).