Taking note of losses beyond the wildfires, pandemic

Jazmine Bangs/PHOTO Mike Plank with his neighbor’s baby Calliope Stevens.

Residents of Lorane, like most people in Oregon, are reeling from the burden that we are all carrying right now. The addition of the devastating wildfires to our COVID-19 concerns have made our load almost unbearable.

The worry and fear that we are feeling for our neighbors whose lives and homes are directly impacted was made real to us in the Lorane area when a…