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KCEDA Gets $20K Grant Approval for Oktoberfest Event
April 25, 2019
From a press release Klamath Falls, OR (April 25, 2019) – On Wednesday morning this week, the Klamath County Commissioners unanimously approved a tourism grant application submitted by the Klamath County Economic Development Association (KCEDA) in the amount of $20,000. These grant funds would contribute to fulfilling budgetary needs for a “Klamath Oktoberfest” event that […]
From a press release The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) took a major step toward removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River by entering into a design-build contract with construction firm Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. of Fairfield, Calif. The initial award authorizes $18.1 million in preliminary services, with a further amount for project […]
KCEDA Helps Recruit Hotel to Area
April 24, 2019
From a press release Klamath Falls, OR (April 24, 2019) – Today, Ferguson Hotel Development (based out of Kansas City, Missouri) announced that they will officially be building a new, “one of a kind” Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel along the waterfront of Lake Ewauna on Timber Mill Shores. The hotel will be a 92-room, […]
Utility Offers Updates on Dams, Forest Fires
April 22, 2019
This article was in Monday’s (April 22nd, 2019) Herald and NewsWritten By: Gerry O’Brien Pacific Power admits that Klamath Falls was not at the top of its priorities a few years ago when the issue of a city-operated Municipal Utility District came to the forefront. Scott Bolton, Senior Vice President for external affairs and customer […]
Oregon Tech Dedicates New Laboratory to Alumnus
April 21, 2019
This article was in Sunday’s (April 21st, 2019) Herald and NewsWritten By: Holly Owens Honoring an alumnus who became a mentor to many students, Oregon Tech recently dedicated the new Brian Leach Civil Engineering Design Resource Center within the newly remodeled Cornett Hall, according to a news release. The center honors Leach, a 1995 Oregon […]
Oregon Water Resources Commission Approves Water Rules
April 15, 2019
This article was in Monday’s (April 15, 2019) Herald and NewsWritten By: Holly Dillemuth, H&N Staff Reporter Oregon Water Resources Commission members in Salem Friday unanimously voted to approve new, short-term rules affecting how the state agency will manage groundwater for water right holders in the Upper Basin. The rules, slated to last through 2021, […]
Water for Irrigators: KWUA Announces Project Delivery
April 11, 2019
This article was in Thursday’s (April 11th, 2019) Herald and News Written By: Holly Dillemuth, H&N Staff Reporter Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Basin Area Office will deliver at least 322,000 acre feet of water — or a 92% allocation — rather than a full 350,000 from Upper Klamath Lake to the Klamath Project this summer […]
Draft EIS for Jordan Cove Pipeline Released
April 1, 2019
This article was in March 30th’s Herald and News as a ‘Staff Report’ The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Friday released a draft environmental impact statement on the proposed Jordan Cove pipeline project. The pipeline is propsed to run from Malin to Coos Bay, carrying natural gas which will be converted to a liquid natural gas […]
Growing Their Own: Lost River Junior-Senior High School Produces Own Beef, Eggs, Produce for Student Body
January 27, 2019
From a Klamath County School District press release Students at Lost River Junior-Senior High School know where their food comes from: They eat beef from their own steers, eggs from their chickens and tomatoes from their greenhouse.In October, school cooks started using beef from two of four steers Lost River FFA students purchased and raised in […]
This article was in Sunday’s (January 27th, 2019) Herald and NewsWritten By: Kurt Liedtke A special screening is being planned in Klamath Falls, part of a multi-city tour in celebration of the first film created by a revolutionary Oregon-based film studio — Laika Studios.“Coraline” was released in 2009, four years after Laika was first founded. The […]
