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Death investigation On Sunday just after 8 a.m. the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received information that a raft had overturned in the McKenzie River near Paradise Campground, just upriver from McKenzie Bridge. While enroute, deputies learned that one of the…

Area Briefs

Transit service to Oakridge is back On Monday, the U.S. Forest Service shifted the Cedar Creek Fire designation from a Level 3 (Go Now) evacuation order to a Level 2 (Be Set) for Oakridge and Westfir, Lane Transit District’s (LTD)…

Patricia Lorraine Woodsworth Thiele

1964 – Aug. 28, 2022 Patricia Lorraine Wadsworth Thiele passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, at Riverbend Memorial Hospital in Springfield, Ore., from surgical complications. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Dorothy Wadsworth, as well as…

Francis Earl Roberts

Nov. 2, 1928 – Aug. 30, 2022 Frank passed away peacefully in his sleep on Aug. 30, 2022. Frank was born Nov. 2, 1928. He completed a four-year tour in the Air Force before entering college. After college, he began…

Cindy Kathleen Smith

Deceased: Aug. 30, 2022 Cindy Kathleen Smith of Springfield, Ore. passed away surrounded in love by her husband and two daughters at Sacred Heart Riverbend Hospital on Aug. 30, 2022 after a five-year battle with thyroid problems. She was 69…

Classifieds: week of Sept. 15

ESTATE SALE  Furniture, shop items, collectibles. 9a-5p, Fri.-Sat., Hwy. 99 N in Creswell. Watch for signs.  SERVICES DISH Network. $64.99 for 190 Channels! Blazing Fast Internet, $19.99 (where available.)  Switch & Get a FREE $100 Visa Gift Card. FREE Voice…

Addi’s Diner: Labor of Love

With Yankees hats tacked to the ceiling, license plates covering the walls, and striking checkerboard floors, Addi’s diner guarantees a colorful and lively breakfast and lunch experience.  The charming 1950s-themed diner sits on the corner of S. 2nd and S. A…