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Ballots are still being counted, but the Springfield fire levy appears likely to pass, while voters rejected fire levies in two other districts. Mike McInally has been tracking the results.
In Lane County, 1,045 vehicle crashes involved a fatality or serious injury from 2018 to 2022. The county’s transportation safety action plan aims to reduce highway fatalities to zero. Ben Botkin reports.
“BlueJay’s Canoe,” which opens this week at Eugene’s Very Little Theatre, is a reflection on modern Native life. The play is set as the COVID-19 pandemic, Labor Day wildfires, Black Lives Matter protests and more take place while the radio station, KMAS — a play on “camas” — broadcasts. Annie Aguiar spoke with the playwrights.
Ken Woody and Tyson Alger talk about what the Ducks need to do against the Iowa Hawkeyes this weekend.
In case you missed these stories published Tuesday…
• Judge denies federal request to delay fact-finding in Holiday Farm Fire lawsuits
• 5 things we learned from the Oregon women’s hoops opener
• Head Start in Oregon has enough funding to keep running, for now
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Amid high crashes, Lane County commissioners approve new transportation safety plan
By Ben Botkin
In Lane County, 1,045 vehicle crashes involved a fatality or serious injury from 2018 to 2022. The county’s transportation safety action plan has the goal of whittling highway fatalities down to zero.
Election results: Springfield fire levy looks likely to pass; other measures not
By Mike McInally
Voters in Springfield, Dunes City and two Lane County fire districts were deciding four separate ballot issues in Tuesday’s special election.
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