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Coming on Seventh: A ‘crisis stabilization’ center

Written June 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

About year from now, if everything goes according to plan, people in a situation that would normally bring the cops may get help instead at a new center Linn County plans to open on Seventh Avenue across from Albany General Hospital.

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Timberlab access deal saves farming district

Written August 28th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 5 responses.

This photo, taken on a bike ride in June 2023, comes in handy now to illustrate a historic deal that saves the Dever-Conner farming area near Millersburg from urban or industrial expansion for the next 51 years.

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Charge your EV while at the courthouse

Written June 7th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: one response.

Suppose you have an electric car and serve on a jury at the Linn County courthouse in the coming months. You could charge your vehicle while you consider the fate of the unfortunate accused.

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Trimming trees to preserve the view

Written May 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 4 responses.

Let’s catch up with the loose ends left by the May 14 story about trimming the small trees and bushes on the Willamette riverbank in front of Linn County’s Wheelhouse Building.

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Rail activity at reloading site: What’s up?

Written April 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 11 responses.

On my bike ride to Millersburg Saturday, I happened to see, from a distance, railroad cars sitting under the giant crane at the Mid-Valley Intermodal Center, which otherwise has remained unused since it opened in December 2022.

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Linn County completes Wheelhouse purchase

Written December 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

Linn County now owns the Wheelhouse, the four-story office building whose tenants on the north side have a commanding view of the Willamette River.

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Linn County rents space for Veterans Services

Written November 1st, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 2 responses.

Linn County is expanding its services to part of a downtown Albany building that, until a few years ago, housed Mark Thomas Motors.

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