FRANK ARMENDARIZ/PHOTO Blue River, a scene repeated all over the McKenzie River Valley, where over 800 homes and structures have been lost.
Friends and neighbors, it is a calamity of an immensity our county has never seen. Yes, we have had powerful wind storms, heavy snow storms and major flooding happens every decade or so.
The Holiday Farm Fire has forced us all to face a new reality of loss.
West Lane County commissioner Heather…
