Sewage Main Break Floods Street

JUNCTION CITY, Ore. — A sewage main break Thursday morning in Junction City flooded the street and forced people to find different ways to get to work and school. Crews say that the main break is so deep they’ll be working on it for much of the day. Around 7 a.m., public works was called … Continue reading »

Road Flooding Poses Big Hazard

CRESWELL, Ore. — Heavy rain makes things a little difficult for some residents in Creswell. Jordan Stevens emailed us about his street, Ricketts Road. He says every year, the street floods multiple times because of rain. It’s happened six times already since Thanksgiving. Stevens says he took up the issue with the county and this … Continue reading »

50 Years of KEZI 9 News: 1996

As KEZI celebrates 50 years on the air, we take a trip back in time to Mapleton, 1996, courtesy of reporter Doug Barber. Elvin Huntington was just one of 30,000 residents displaced by the floods of ’96. Heavy rains in January of that year saturated the ground. That was followed by a blizzard that padded … Continue reading »