City and county help a small town in need March 09 2021
Crook County Judge Seth Crawford, City of Prineville Public Works team up to provide Aurora leaders a generator during a power outage caused by an ice storm
Aurora, a small Marion County community of about 1,000 people about 20 miles south of Portland, was facing a serious problem.
An ice storm that blasted much of the Willamette Valley on Friday, Feb. 12 had caused power outages throughout much of the area, shutting down vital infrastructure in the small town. By Saturday, we were watching our consumption of water in our tower, Aurora Mayor Brian Asher recalls. We ended up figuring out that we only had about 20-something hours of water left for the city.