Pines Road could reopen earlier than planned
OREGON residents and businesses may see Pines Road reopen for traffic by mid August, ahead of the October target. Paving starts next week as work advances due to dry weather, with detours on Judson Road and Anterior Road. Local merchants report revenue losses and call for better notice of heavy equipment.
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Oregon
Pines Road
White Pines State Park
Lowell Park Road
Ogle County
Jerry Hinrichs
White Pines Skating Center
Dave Johnson
Johnson
Judson Road
Anterior
the Pines Chalet
Marge Adams
Adams
Polo
Hinrichs
California blaze scorches Butte County homes on hot Friday
Two major brushfires erupted in blistering heat across seven states, burning 200 acres in California's Butte County and destroying four homes. State fire officials reported 280 firefighters, air tankers, helicopters, and 45 fire trucks fighting to contain the rapidly spreading fire amid 12 percent humidity and 108 degree temperatures with no containment time estimate.
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California
Butte County
Lake Oroville
California Department of Forestry
Tornado Alley season height eyed by Illinois experts
Illinois Weather Survey researchers warn residents to prepare as tornado risk rises in Tornado Alley. They note May to August peak shifts may occur due to cooler temperatures, with past events cited including 1988 near Oregon and the deadly 1974 outbreak of 148 tornadoes across the region.
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Oregon
Daysville
Lowden
Wayne Wendland
Illinois Water Survey
Wendland
Illinois
United States
Missippi
Belvidere
Dale Helgerson
National Weather Service
Rockford
Helgerson
Dixon Lee County face tough landfill problem next July
Lee County and Dixon confront a new state law banning landscape waste in landfills starting July 1 1990. Local leaders consider options including composting, local disposal, or recycling facilities with county wide cooperation and possible state grants.
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Lee County
Dixon
Illinois General Assembly
Green River
Roy Bridgeman
Public Properties
Dixon City Council
Bridgeman
Charles Dunphy
Lee
County Services Committee
Dunphy
Bob Wengrow
Rockford
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Wengrow
Doug Crandall
Crandall
Department of Energy and Natural Resources
Bill Moore
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Paul Yost
U.S. Coast Guard
Shearwater
Key West
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North Dakota
Ith Dakota
Alabama
Green River Industrial Park
City of
Jerry
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