Blodgett
Blodgett, OR · Health
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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...
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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.
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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 .
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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...
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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.
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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).
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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).
KVAL
PeaceHealth-EEP deal extends ED staffing: 3 years in Lane County, 1 year in Florence
PORTLAND, Ore. — A deal has been reached between PeaceHealth Oregon and Eugene Emergency Physicians (EEP) through a contract extension. The deal signed Tuesday night between the two parties excludes ApolloMD and Lane Emergency Physicians (LEP) and was introduced during a court hearing Wednesday morning at the U.S. District Court in Portland.
KCBY
Oregon lawmakers urge PeaceHealth to pause ED staffing switch and consult locally
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04), expressed concerns about PeaceHealth’s decision to end its contract with local Eugene Emergency Physicians in favor of Lane Emergency Physicians, which is owned by an Illinois physician and managed by Georgia-based ApolloMD.