Lookout Eugene-Springfield

A partnership of local agencies has installed warning signs at a hazardous low-head dam in the Willamette River between Eugene and Springfield after years of close calls. While advocates welcome the signs as a step toward improving public safety, questions remain over who is responsible for the dam and its long-term future.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken follows rulings in March that also sided with PeaceHealth against claims that the healthcare provider should have done more to keep workers on the job if they declined the COVID-19 vaccine and received a religious exemption.

We’ll skip the Bob Dylan/Lucinda Williams concert — sorry, sold out — and offer up some lower-profile but definitely cool consolation prizes: from two art walks to an Indigenous alt-rapper.

The hike begins at a parking turnaround in the midst of a coastal meadow reminiscent of the meadows at Cascade Head, a cape that’s closer to Lincoln City. Although the panorama at Nestucca Bay isn’t as spectacular as on that more famous headland, the flowers are.

Lane County commissioners heard public comment about how much money flows to the company operating River Avenue Navigation Center.