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Springfield approves urban renewal funds for Memorial Building

Springfield’s urban renewal board discussed requests from two developers for financial assistance for projects downtown during a meeting Monday, Nov. 9. The Springfield Economic Development Agency also heard from the director of Adventure! Children’s Museum in Eugene, which is eyeing the Springfield Motors building as a possible new location.

Springfield, OR · 3d
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Regardless of the math, electric vehicles can do significant harm on public paths | Letter to the editor

I have read and reread Kevin Craig’s letter about two-wheeled electric vehicles not hitting like a truck. He makes many valid points about being realistic about all the threats to traffic safety. But he inappropriately minimizes the effect of a 50-pound, two-wheeled electric vehicle with a 150-pound rider striking a pedestrian like an elderly person, a child or even a healthy grownup. It may not hit as hard as a truck, but it can still do serious and even fatal harm depending on the circumstances.

Springfield, OR · 2d
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thelundreport.org

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Providers alarmed as safety net clinic plans halt to Woodburn, Salem maternity care

Using words like “devastating” and “short-sighted,” Oregon providers are concerned about a Washington-based safety net clinic’s decision to halt maternity care services for hundreds of pregnant lower-income women in Marion County — many of them immigrants and seasonal workers. ​Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic...

Salem, OR · 1d
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Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates announce plan to consolidate

Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates will consolidate into a statewide operation. In a press release, the groups said the decision followed years of discussion and votes by their respective boards. The smaller of the two affiliates, Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, will dissolve as part of the change. The...

Oregon · 1d
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Nearly 1,700 Lane County ballots at risk unless voters return cure forms by Nov. 24

EUGENE, Ore. — With thousands of ballots still in limbo in Lane County, elections officials are urging voters to respond quickly if they receive a signature “cure” letter so their votes can be counted. Just under 3,000 ballots were still being processed in Lane County, and nearly...

Lane County, OR · 1d

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Check it out! Springfield Public Library will soon have a telescope you can borrow, just like a book

The next time you visit the Springfield Public Library, you may be able to leave with more than a stack of books. You could walk out carrying a telescope capable of revealing Saturn's rings, distant galaxies, and one of the most stunning stellar nurseries visible from Earth. Thanks to a...

Springfield, OR · 1d

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Valliscor: Waiting for construction permit

Fourteen months after the official groundbreaking, there’s not much to see of the multimillion-dollar chemical plant a Corvallis company is planning to build on Southwest Ferry Street in Albany. In February 2025 the company, Valliscor, got city approval to build the plant on a largely vacant 13-acre industrial site...

Albany, OR · 1d