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It’s true! Grocery Outlet moving Linda Pinkham Staff Writer
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he rumors swirling around social media and on the streets are now confirmed. Grocery Outlet, currently located in Harbor, will be taking over half of the old Ray’s Food Place location at 906 Chetco Avenue in Brookings. “Yes, we are moving,” Grocery Outlet coowner Lori Panter said. “We are projected to open in early 2020.” She cautioned that construction delays are not un-
common in our area, but the plan is to open at the new location in January 2020. Grocery Outlet is currently located in a Harbor shopping center located at 16261 Highway 101 South. The Ray’s building, which was the location of the original store in that grocery chain, has been vacant since November 2016. More information will follow when the corporate office issues an official press release Harbor residents may find themselves without a grocery store when Grocery Outmaking the announcelet moves from its current location there to the former Ray’s Food Place building in ment, Panter said. Brookings. Photo by Linda Pinkham.
Hooskanaden slide still inching along T
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he Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is monitoring new landslide activity along U.S. Highway 101 at Hooskanaden Creek between Brookings and Gold Beach ODOT public information officer Dan Latham confirmed reports that the Hooskanaden slide has moved about an inch in the last month, although he added that’s fairly typical for this and similar coastal areas. “The only thing that’s different this year is, we’re getting rain a little earlier in the season,” said Latham. “We usually don’t see this amount of rain or ground movement until later in the fall.” He said several locations along the southern Oregon coast typically see ground movement during the fall and winter. “When cracks occur in the road (as a result), we try to patch them as quickly as possible.” The Hookanaden area of U.S. 101 began sliding the week of Feb. 25, closing both lanes of the highway and diverting traffic to Carpenterville Road - the only alternative for motorists. A single lane was built by Tidewater Construction in The Hooskanaden Creek slide along U.S. Highway 101 between Brookings and Gold Beach took March and two lanes were opened place in February 2018. Since then, a temporary route allowing motorists to navigate the highway in May, which sit atop a temporary has been established. Photo courtesy Tidewater Contractors. roadway. ODOT spent about $1 million for likely.” to measure the movement.” early November to guide motorists the temporary repair, which closely Latham said ODOT is continuing Latham said ODOT hasn’t done in navigating the curve at the south bypasses the original slide area. to monitor the ground movement. anything new to stabilize the hillend of the slide area. “It’s important to keep in mind “We have staff working on the side during the last month, but the A plan to restore the highway to that these large slides usually occur south coast who drive through this agency did drive long steel dowels three lanes, plus shoulders - as it every 15 to 20 years,” Latham said. area daily and they’re keeping an into the ground over the summer to was before the slide - is under way, “We haven’t seen major slides in eye on the movement. We also send stabilize the road. but likely won’t occur until next back-to-back years. That’s not to our geologists to these areas at least In addition, ODOT is planning to year. say it can’t happen, but it’s unmonthly through the fall and winter install reflective chevron signs by
Boat, passengers rescued on Rogue A
An 18-foot boat carrying a tractor and three passengers was adrift Sept. 29 and out of control on the Rogue River near Agness. The Gold Beach Fire Department responded.
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report of a runaway boat, heading into the rapids near Illahe Riffle near Agness at about 11:20 a.m. Sept. 29, brought a call to local emergency responders. The 18-foot yellow boat was reported to have a woman and dog onboard - “out of control, hitting rocks - while drifting down the river. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office had no one available for a water rescue, so the Gold Beach Fire Department responded. One of its volunteers, also a member of the Search and Rescue team, launched his boat at Quosatana Campground and the rescuers
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headed upriver. It later was learned the boat was carrying a tractor upriver when the boat’s motor died and could not be restarted. A passenger jumped overboard with the bow rope, hoping to tow the craft to shore. The rope turned out to be too short. Meantime, a woman and dog aboard the boat drifted downriver for some distance, said Gold Beach Fire Chief Tyson Krieger. She jumped from the boat before it became hung up at “Old Diggins,” atop Wildcat Rapids, he said. The Gold Beach Fire Department crew reached the loose boat, tied it to shore, retrieved the man, woman and dog, and gave them a ride upriver to their cabin.
Paying a lot more at the pump D
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rivers along the Oregon and California coasts are finding gasoline prices on the rise. Which is unusual for the fall and winter seasons, when gas prices usually drop a bit from summertime. But according to the Oregon/ Idaho American Automobile Association, the West Coast continues to have the highest pump prices in the nation. Gasoline prices in the state of California have leaped in the past few days, reaching an average of $4.05 per gallon - only 7 cents below the highest price paid in five years. That’s according to Gas Buddy, which tracks such things. And it’s even worse in Crescent City, where prices recently have been ranging from $4.09 to $4.35. That’s among the highest prices, on average, in the country. The national average is $2.65 per gallon ... a whopping $1.70 or so difference. Why? For one thing, Californians pay a higherthan-usual sales tax, which recently increased to 47.3 cents per gallon. Lucky for Crescent City residents, they can make the drive to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation’s Lucky 7 Casino in Smith River, where gasoline ranges from $3.17 to $3.29 per gallon. “It’s likely because the (Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation) is not subject to the same federal and state taxes that California residents pay,” said AAA spokesman Devin Gladden. “While drivers in other states are getting some relief at the pumps, West Coast drivers are paying more,” said Oregon/Idaho AAA public affairs director Marie Dodds. “Disruptions at about five refineries in California are causing pump prices to spike - and it’s not clear when operations will return to normal.” The AAA’s latest pump price report finds California the hardest-hit state, with a week-over-week jump of 32 cents, and an average of $4.07 a gallon. This is the first week that California has climbed above the $4-agallon mark since July 27, 2014. And Oregon is one of only seven states in the naMore Pump on Page A2
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