The roadside spot where Albany bicyclist Grant Keith Garner died on Tuesday is on one of my regular bike-riding routes, and I extend my heartfelt condolences to Garner’s family and others who knew him. As an accident it was an unusual one, but the crash that killed Garner, 60, shows why cyclists wish there were more […]
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Tags: Albany-Corvallis path, Benton County, Benton planning commission, Grant Garner, Linn County, Oakville Road
Tags: Albany-Corvallis path, Benton County, Benton planning commission, Grant Garner, Linn County, Oakville Road
Landfill hearing goes on for four hours
The proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill occupied the Benton County Planning Commission for four hours on Tuesday night. It was a public hearing, but the public didn’t get to speak till a quarter to 10.
Tags: Benton County, Benton planning commission, Coffin Butte, Highway 99W, Republic Services, solid waste, Tampico Road