We have a VA hospital so our population is many veterans who move here for the hospital, and retirees. It is a very friendly community, 90+% white and beautiful with the Umpqua river running through it.
Such a sad day for our community. I just took my wife to Mercy Rehab for some post operation therapy and everyone was very somber and quiet, watching the news. You could hear a pin drop as they say. My daughter is very concerned about one of her former volunteers at Mercy who she can’t contact and neither can her friends. The girl is a nursing student at UCC.