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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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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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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
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