After a few days away, the bike and I returned to my Albany riverside beat on Monday and found that much had changed since the week before.
Sometimes it’s good to get away. A bike ride is one way to do that, especially if it’s on a route you don’t often take.
If they haven’t already, Albany city crew members will shortly change speed limit signs on the Waverly Drive and Columbus Street corridor from Santiam Highway south to the city limit.
Albany’s problems with its new utility billing system surfaced in January and have continued since, prompting the city to put a statement on its website Friday thanking people for their patience and promising to get things fixed.
The news in Oregon has been full of reports on the fatal dangers of the illegal use of fentanyl, but I had never seen a picture of what a fentanyl pill looks like.
If you live near the south end of Independence Highway in Benton County, or have driven there lately, you have noticed a sharp increase in truck traffic in the past few months.
Fix time change issue? Oregon blows it
Seeing the clock tower at Albany Station on a bike ride Wednesday reminded me of a time issue that remains unresolved in Oregon because the legislature passed up a chance to fix it.
Tags: Dan Rayfield, Daylight saving time, Oregon legislature, Standard time, time