Classroom in the Cloud
Marcola School District is using technology to teach students online
Most elementary to high school students are on an extended spring break, with an end date that continues to be pushed back as the weeks … Continue reading
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Little Free Pantries
Burrito Brigade’s pantries bring ready-to-eat food to neighborhoods
Amy Hand puts hard boiled eggs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, mandarins, canned beans and tuna, tampons and toothbrushes into a baby blue wooden pantry … Continue reading
Virtual Reality
Social distancing measures have changed how political campaigns operate
There’s an episode of the cartoon King of the Hill in which Hank Hill, an honest propane salesman in Texas, shakes hands with the then-Republican … Continue reading
COVID Resource Guide
Eugene Weekly’s list of helpful tips for surviving the novel coronavirus
Here’s a brief guide to some local and state resources to help folks out in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are we missing something? … Continue reading
Kate Brown Comments on Stay at Home Policy
The governor explains the executive order requiring Oregonians to be home as much as possible
Oregonians are now required to stay home as much as possible after Gov. Kate Brown announced an executive stay-at-home order with strict social distancing parameters … Continue reading
Heritage Distilling to Make Homemade Sanitizer
The COVID-19 pandemic has made sanitizer scarce and distilleries are stepping up to produce it
While store shelves remain barren of cleaning supplies, Heritage Distilling Co. is taking matters into its own hands by producing 15,000 gallons of hand sanitizer … Continue reading
After Withdrawing from Secretary of State Race, Cameron Smith Now Works for Bev Clarno
Smith takes job 10 days after withdrawal from race for secretary of state
Cameron Smith left a job at the Department of Consumer and Business Services to run for Oregon secretary of state. He’s not running any more, … Continue reading
Tenant Group Offers County Government Way to Help Renters
Advocates ask Lane County Board of County Commissioners to offer help to renters
In a March 19 letter addressed to the Lane County Board of County Commissioners and Chair Heather Buch, the nonprofit Springfield-Eugene Tenant Association (SETA) ask … Continue reading
Heartwarming News in the Time of Coronavirus
An IT company is donating food and a local grocer is giving additional pay to employees
OK, here’s some uplifting news in the coronavirus pandemic world. While CBT Nuggets’ staff at both Bend and Eugene offices are working remotely, the company … Continue reading
During Coronavirus Pandemic, Jordan Cove LNG Gets OK
Federal agency approves the 230-mile natural gas pipeline linked to a proposed LNG terminal in Coos Bay
Despite the federal government urgently grappling with how to contain the coronavirus pandemic, apparently it’s not slowing down in certain sectors — like fossil fuel … Continue reading