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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 10:56 |
JUNCTION CITY, OR (OFP) - A telephone wire theft, possibly the work of wire thief's in the Junction City area has disabled the 911 and telephone service to the 998 prefix in the Junciton City area of Lane County. The outage was reported early Monday morning by Qwest, who say thiefs may be the culprit behind the recent theft of the phone lines. Qwest official say they hope to have the lines back up and in operation by Tuesday morning at the lastest.
Residents living in the Junction City Fire District, Lane Rural Fire District and the High Pass area of hte 998 prefix are asked to go to either the Junction City Fire station at 1755 Juniper Street or the Lane Rural Fire & Rescue Station 53 at 91970 Territorial Highway in Franklin to report their emergencies if they do not have cellphone service and emergencies will be taken via radio from those locations back the Central Lane 911 Communications Center in Eugene, authorities said. |
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EPD veteran becomes intermin chief |
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 08:31 |
 A 25 year police veteran of the Eugene Police Department will be taken the Intermin Police Chief's job on October 17th, Captain Pete Kerns, started his stint with the police department in 1981 as a reserve police officer and later sworn a full fledged officer of the department in 1983.
Kerns will replace Chief Robert Lenher, who left Eugene to accept a job with the Elk Grove, Ca., Police Department. Kerns will manage a department of 374 officers and $42 Million budget. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 October 2008 08:49 )
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Forest Fire closes Hwy 58, east of Oakridge |
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 01:23 |
An out of control 1,000+ acre forest fire approximately 20 miles east of Oakridge has closed Highway 58 in both directions from milepost 61 to milepost 70. Earlier Tuesday afternoon firefighters with the US Forest Services responded to a reporte wildfire in the Cresent Lake Junction area, near the Cresent Lake Resort. Firefighter's say the fire suddenly exploded in no time and became out of control and jumped Highway 58 and was buring on both sides of the highway.
The Cresent Lake Resort east of Willamette Pass and nearby homes and campgrounds were evacuated. I-Reporters have reported some amazing photo's of the fire, which is available on KVAL.COM's website. ODOT official say, the highway will remain closed until at least sometime Wednesday, it is unknown at this time if the highway will actually reopen, due to the fires behavior. Forecaster's are predicting dry lightnight storms overnight, which may cause containment problems for those already on the scene of the fire.
Fire officials have named this fire as the "Royce Butte Fire"
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 September 2008 07:01 )
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Coburg Police Chief resigns |
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 07:57 |
COBURG, OR (OFP) - The city of Coburg will once again be without a police chief at the end of the month as Chief John Bosley resigned his position with the city effective September 30th.
Coburg City Council held a closed door city council meeting early Tuesday night over the fate of Chief Bosley's position with the department. Bosley was recently suspended with pay per the city last week over possible performance actions, the city said in local news reports. Bosley became a police officer with the city in 2000 and became chief in 2006.
The City Manager says Bosley's suspension has nothing to do with the recent thiefts of police equiptment and stolen radios from the police department early this summer, however the Oregon State Police is investigating that incident. Boslely came under controversy when the department sold an M-40 semiautomatic weapon at an auction, later it was determined that weapon had belonged to the Department of Defense.
Bosley has been on paid administrative leave since his suspension last week, the city said. |
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Friday, 22 August 2008 12:42 |
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COBURG, OR (OFP) Fire and Emeregency services units are onscene of an injury rollover mva on the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 just north of Coburg at milepost 199-201. OFP has learned one person has been ejected from the vehicle and a debris field on the freeway. More information as it becomes available. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 September 2008 01:54 )
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