Another incident in which a law officer is confronted by an armed man and shoots before he himself is shot. It happened Thursday night along I-5 in Linn County, and the Oregon State Police are determining exactly what happened and how.
Fossil fuels keep us alive
Written December 5th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
This seems like a good time to appreciate fossil fuels. And to think about the president and lesser politicians who are working hard to make our sources of heat either illegal or so expensive that future generations will be helpless in the cold.
Novak loan clears final hurdle
Written December 4th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
There was no debate or discussion when the Albany Revitalization Agency gave final approval Wednesday to a $126,000 loan to help Novak’s Hungarian Restaurant relocate downtown. The agency — actually the city council by another name — had excellent reasons to approve the request, which it had endorsed as part of the Central Albany Revitalization […]
ODOT’s solution: Striping or warnings
Written December 4th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
The left-turn collision on Highway 20 at Independence Highway on Tuesday (Dec. 3), in which one driver was cited for running the stop sign on Independence and was seriously injured, reminds everyone that there’s a problem. And ODOT knows it.
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Tags: Granger Road, Highway 20, Independence Highway, left-turn crashes, ODOT, traffic crashes
Tags: Granger Road, Highway 20, Independence Highway, left-turn crashes, ODOT, traffic crashes
Progress on crucial Albany rail link
Written December 3rd, 2013 by Hasso Hering
Passersby can see that work has resumed on the so-called Santiam Lead, a stretch of new railroad track parallel to the Union Pacific Mainline in Albany. High time, too. Under an agreement between the Portland & Western Railroad and ODOT-Rail, the project is supposed to be completed by Dec. 31.
A future full of aerial buzzing?
Written December 2nd, 2013 by Hasso Hering
It’s fun to think up wondrous inventions, and some actually come true in time. Dick Tracy had wrist-mounted TV communicators, and now we have smart phones complete with video. But drones to deliver packages?
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How about a tax on heating?
Let’s remember the scenes from this winter when state and federal officials start talking again about imposing a “carbon tax” or increasing the energy taxes we already have.
Tags: carbon tax, climate change, cold weather, global warming