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Oregon child sex abuse conviction sends Hawaii man to 41 years in prison

4 days ago | news-journal.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

A Captain Cook, Hawaii man has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to federal prison for sexually abusing two Oregon children and sharing videos of the abuse online. Benjamin Victor Houghton, 29, was sentenced June 3, to 495 months in federal prison and a lifetime term of supervised release. The sum of restitution he must pay to the victims will be determined at a later date, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office District of Oregon.
Back yard burning to end June 7

4 days ago | cgsentinel.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

The back yard burning season ends this weekend in Lane County. The ban takes effect at midnight, Saturday June 7. Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Unit Forester John Flannigan said the decision by the Lane County Fire Defense Board (LCFDB), ODF Eastern and Western Lane Divisions, and the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) is to end back yard debris burning for the season as a wildfire precaution step.
Local youth support agency gets congressional promise of support

4 days ago | cgsentinel.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Cottage Grove’s Looking Glass is getting congressional support. Oregon Us. Sen. Ron Wyden and Oregon U.S. Rep Val Hoyle are vowing their support for the agency. Looking Glass offers youth from age 11 to 20 a safe location for meals, clean clothes, and social services such as behavioral health and housing assistance. Federal funding is essential for the agency.
Marine Board issues stand up paddleboard advisory

4 days ago | cgsentinel.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

A state agency is issuing a safety advisory to anyone using stand up paddleboards at Oregon waterways this spring and summer. The Oregon State Marine Board is urging people who recreate on stand up paddleboards (SUPs) atop moving water (primarily rivers) to always wear a life jacket and never wear a Velcro ankle or leg leash that is designed for general flatwater use or the surf zone.
Day of Action rallies in Oregon

5 days ago | tillamookheadlightherald.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Healthcare advocates from around the state held in-person gatherings in Corvallias, Tillamook, Medford, Portland, and Bend, joining Americans across the nation during Single Payer National Day of Action. The Oregon rallies were co-organized by Health Care for All Oregonians (HCAO), a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to educate and advocate for an equitable, affordable, comprehensive, high quality, publicly funded health care in Oregon and throughout the United States.
1st Choice Fresh Market opening soon

5 days ago | newportnewstimes.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Work to open a new 1st Choice Fresh Market grocery store in Lincoln City is nearing completion. “The grocery store is going to be opening up within the next one to two months,” developer Austin Emami said. “We are finishing everything inside the store, getting construction completed and hiring all the staff for the store. We just started hiring for all positions.”Emami said 40 to 60 employees will be hired for the new store and will be paid market wages.
Oregon timber sale brings in nearly $6 million

5 days ago | cgsentinel.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

The Bureau of Land Management (BKM) has sold 12.9 million board feet of timber across 324 public acres to Freres Engineered Wood of Lyons during the Green Stone timber sale. The sale generated $5,851,592 in revenue, according to the BLM. "This project will produce enough timber to build roughly 800 homes, feed local mills, and support jobs in western Oregon communities," The BLM states in a release.
Lame County man stabbed eight times, suspect arrested, convicted

6 days ago | cgsentinel.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

A suspect has been convicted and sentenced following an unprovoked knife attack that sent a Lane County man to the hospital with eight stab wounds. Law enforcement responded to a report of a stabbing at approximately 1:45 a.m. Jan. 26, at the Jackson Market on 7th Avenue in Eugene. The subsequent investigation found that Nicholas Arnold had stabbed the victim eight times as the victim was seated on a chair in 8th Alley.
Wildfire Season: Preparing on the ground and in the air

6 days ago | thesiuslawnews.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Preparing crews for the summer and fall Oregon wildfire season has been ongoing for the past several weeks. The rugged training has been on the ground and in the air. The Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) South Cascade District conducted an introduction to aerial firefighting for ground firefighters with a training component in the field on Weyerhaeuser’s property near Springfield, May 29.
River Rescue: One person rescued after car plunges into river

6 days ago | cgsentinel.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) responded to a vehicle in the water in the Willamette River near Beltline Road in Eugene Sunday afternoon, June 1. ESF crews were notified of the call just after 1:30 p.m."Callers reported that a vehicle had accelerated into the river with a woman trapped inside as the vehicle floated away," a ESF release states. Ladder 11 responded from ESF’s Santa Clara station and Boat 5 from the Gateway station.