Lorane News

Timber companies Weyerhaeuser and Seneca recently sent out letters to Marcola residents saying they were going to spray hundreds of areas.

A small Oregon town was hoping to stop a big time corporation. But it looks like it was too little too late.

Countless varieties of carrots with names like the "Atomic Red," Gourmet onions transplanted from Italy -- for sale in the city's center three times a week.

The Southern Oregon wine industry may be in its relative infancy compared with winemaking in France.

Stay-cation. Cute new term that puts a dab of lipstick on the pain of soaring prices, falling wages and job losses that add up to postponing a real vacation this year.

Enjoy free wine tastings in July and August from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays at The Wine Place, 373 N Highway 101 in Yachats.

On May 12, the sweet stuff will flow down the streets of Seaside, with about a dozen businesses hosting wineries from all over Oregon in the twice-yearly Seaside Downtown Wine Walk.

Chateau Lorane uncorked its bottles of wine Friday for the winery's weekend-long grand reopening to celebrate the newly redecorated tasting room and outdoor areas.

Oregon's Constitution contains language that some say requires adequate funding for public education.

Memorial Day is also an important marker for the wine industry. This weekend typically un-corks a tasting tradition, but now more than ever, Oregon grapes are popular.

Scott Altenhoff ascends the fir S hannon Poynter's border collie discovered it first - a grapefruit-sized mound of grayish fluff lying on the forest succession trail in the Tyrrell Seed Orchard south of Lorane.

Join the wineries of Lane County during the Sixth Annual Summer Barrel Tour happening at 10 a.m. with buses loading at 9:45 a.m. May 31 and June 7 leaving from the parking lot between the Valley River Inn and ... via Statesman Journal

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Jon Galfano performs at the American Trails Gallery on Saturday as part of A Taste of Ashland. via The Ashland Daily Tidings

By L. LARS HULSEBUS * REGISTER STAFF WRITER * April 4, 2008 Waukee police have arrested two suspects in connection with six burglaries committed in the early morning hours of April 1. Police charged two Des ... via Http

Don and Traute Moore are known for growing the grapes used in many award-winning wines. via Medford Mail Tribune

“We have lots of outages throughout Eugene, most of them small usually caused by snow weighing down tree branches that then break off and come down on to power lines.”

The accumulation of wet, heavy snow has also left thousands of households in the dark. via KVAL-TV Eugene

Lane Electric is experiencing outages across their service area. Members in the Veneta, Crow and Lorane areas as well as members between South Eugene and Creswell are reporting scattered outages. via KVAL-TV Eugene

LANE ELECTRIC is experiencing outages across their service area. Please refer to www.laneelectric.com for regular updates. via KEZI-TV Eugene

It's an encouraging trend: More and more Southern Oregon wines are finding their way onto shelves of supermarkets and other chain stores. via Medford Mail Tribune