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OSU Extension giving away free seeds for Grow This! Garden Challenge
Lynn Ketchum, OSU
Bi-mart donated seeds for OSU Extension s Grow This! Garden Challenge.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Almost 38,000 free seed packets will be distributed by Oregon State University Extension Service to Oregonians who show no signs of losing the enthusiasm for gardening generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge kicks off March 1, when people can sign up and start preparing to collect their seed kits at the end of March. The seed kits will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at county Extension offices throughout the state, according to Halie Cousineau, OSU Extension Food Hero state garden education coordinator.
Scotts Mills can’t catch a break.
The city of 400 people in northeast Marion County was the epicenter of the 1993 earthquake, was evacuated in September 2020 when wildfires threatened its borders and has been without power since Friday’s ice storm.
“It seems that way lately,” Scotts Mills Mayor Paul Brakeman said. We’re waiting for the third strike.”
Throughout northern Marion County, the constant hum of generators and chainsaws rang in the background Tuesday while people continued to clear debris from Friday’s storm.
Thousands of people are without electricity as crews from Portland General Electric and other companies clear downed trees and fix wires. By Tuesday afternoon, the number of known PGE customers without power in Marion County was staying stubbornly at 52,000. Pacific Power, which serves smaller cities outside of Salem such as Sublimity and Dallas, reported 7.900 local customers without power, down from 9,600 on Monday.
Northwest Travel Guide 2021: 25 adventures for the year ahead
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
The sun sets behind the Astoria-Megler Bridge during the tail end of summer. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian
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Needless to say, it’s a strange time for travel.
The coronavirus pandemic has upended virtually every aspect of our lives, including where we travel, who we travel with, and what we do when we get there. The pandemic canceled most of our travel plans in 2020, and trying to predict what 2021 will look like is futile.
All the confusion makes local and regional travel that much more appealing.
This year is a perfect opportunity to explore parts of Oregon and Washington you’ve never seen, the places you’ve always meant to go, and the attractions you never knew were there. Take the time to see the more remote reaches of our region or see sights close by that you’ve somehow always missed.