Lookout PM: Garbage fee dispute

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Garbage hauler Sanipac and Lane County are in a dispute over money. County officials say the trash hauler owes the county back fees related to trash it ships to a dump near Medford, rather than to Lane County’s landfill. Sanipac disagrees on which fees it is obligated to pay. Ben Botkin untangles a complicated situation.

Springfield resident David Tetukevich, 70, died Monday after a two-car crash on 30th Avenue near Lane Community College in Eugene. Police said he may have experienced some kind of “medical event” that led to the crash. Jaime Adame has the story.

Our photojournalist Isaac Wasserman has a slice-of-life image from Oakridge: A 78-year-old Vietnam War veteran decorating his yard for the holidays.

We have a guest column today by local activist Sam Cook, who calls for a stronger fight against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and suggests that the idea of mass mobilization for a general strike should be in the air.

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DAILY DIGEST

Lane County seeks fees from Sanipac over trash hauled to Medford area

By Ben Botkin

Waste Connections, which runs Sanipac, has told the county it is not required to pay fees on Springfield trash collections that are taken to a dump in southern Oregon. The county disagrees.

Next ‘atmospheric river’ looks likely to soak Lane County, forecasters say

By Mike McInally

The National Weather Service says that unlike the storm that blew into the Northwest last week, and which went farther north and mostly missed Lane County, this one is expected to bring 2 or 3 inches of rain to the southern Willamette Valley and possibly snow on the Cascades passes.

Lane County workers must organize for their immigrant neighbors

By Sam Cook

We must stand as a united working class to defend immigrant workers from kidnappings committed by masked agents of the state. Traditionally, workers have struck back against abuses by the ruling class with the ultimate weapon at their disposal: the general strike.