Veneta News

By Paris Jackson July 8, 2009 Veneta, Ore--The 40th Annual Oregon Country Fair kicks off this weekend and thousands of people are expected to attend the fair in Veneta.

There's a whole lot of hammering and sawing and spiffing up going on at the Oregon Country Fair site, tucked in the woods along the Long Tom River west of Veneta, in anticipation of the annual three-day, always wild-and-wacky merrymaking that begins this year on July 10.

The logo for Sweet Cheeks Winery outside Crow, a Lane County wide spot south of Veneta.

A 200-pound statue of a dragon stolen from atop the steep-pitched roof of Monroe High School and later recovered from a Eugene man's basement will return to its perch at the end of the month.

A spotted owl west of Veneta in 2007. When the northern spotted owl went on the endangered species list in 1990, it effectively brought federal lands logging to a halt in the Northwest.

"It looked like a Hurricane." Bill Clark, of Veneta said. His home was without power since when the storm hit around two o'clock, to well into the evening.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lane and Linn counties Thursday afternoon as black clouds, lightning, rain and hail marched across the region.

Eugene a ' A powerful thunderstorm swept through Western Oregon Thursday afternoon, leaving downed trees and power outages in its wake.

The city of Veneta has plans to build a new multiuse community center as part of its revitalization of West Broadway Avenue into a mixed-use commercial district.

The 5k was the main draw at the 2009 Born to Run Challenge in Eugene on Saturday, May 30th.

A Eugene tradition brought out hundreds to Lane Memorial Gardens, Monday. The chapel filled with veterans of war, families and others who honored the brave men and women in uniform, with a solemn ceremony.

Five new sheriff's deputies, more prosecutors. A more better county budget for law enforcement? Critics say law enforcement still gets the short end of the stick in Lane County's new budget.

People are moving into a new affordable housing project in Veneta. With the Heather Glen Complex, St Vincent de Paul is helping the community develop its downtown.

Two women at a pretrial hearing for Joel Courtney described how he sexually assaulted them 20 years apart.

In the cramped two-room library on Commercial Street, 15-year-old Amanda Ford hunkers over a keyboard, fingers flying as she types.

With the changes in our plans, we'd missed seeing our friends on the Oregon Coast.

The employer who provided the company minivan that authorities say Joel Courtney used in the abduction of Brooke Wilberger said he fired Courtney shortly before the young woman's disappearance.

Benton County prosecutors want to combine cases against Joel Patrick Courtney together, claiming they are similar.

If you build it, they will come. Words from a famous 1980's movie about baseball -- and the business philosophy of a woman who's not letting cancer kill her goals - or her dreams.

The mayor of Venice on Monday defended a plan to allow Coca-Cola to install vending machines in the city, despite protests by bar owners and claims the move would sell out the city.