Air Quality in Oakridge
LRAPA to designate the town a ‘reattainment area’
A new proposal in Oakridge would allow industry to develop in the area, but environmental activists say the plan will worsen already poor winter air … Continue reading
Year: 2017
Fish and lips
An unlikely love story is at the heart of director Guillermo del Toro’s magical The Shape of Water
In what has already proven something of a banner year for movies, writer/director Guillermo del Toro plunges in just under the wire with what is … Continue reading
We Don’t Need Another Hero
Latest Star Wars installment The Last Jed questions our notions of what it means to be right
Within hours of The Last Jedi’s release, a lot of internet discourse about the film turned hostile. If you loved the movie, you were a … Continue reading
Slant
Gifts to the city and the passing of Gary Crum
• With Storm Kennedy as guest emcee, the City Club of Eugene’s “Gifts to the City” program Dec. 15 was great fun. Otto Poticha, architect … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-12-21
TINY, PITIFUL GESTURES There seems to be a perception among local politicians that the homeless and their advocates don’t appreciate the tiny pitiful efforts of … Continue reading
Give Guide
Give until it feels good. Then give some more.
“No one has ever become poor from giving.” — Anne Frank Every year, EW writers ask the community, “What groups should people donate to?” And we … Continue reading
Aaron Orton
The veteran bodybuilder
Born in Palmer, Alaska, Aaron Orton moved with his parents to Lane County, Oregon, when he was eight. “My dad met my mother here in … Continue reading
Hwy 46 Project Can’t Catch a [Fire]break
Locals and activists oppose the project
The Hwy 46 Project, a proposed thinning plan in the Breitenbush Watershed in the Willamette National Forest, is facing pushback from locals and forest activists … Continue reading
Serra Dispensary Closing
Marijuana business gave Eugene-based employees one week’s notice
Serra, a cannabis dispensary in Eugene, will permanently close its doors here on Thurs., Dec. 21. The dispensary, which markets itself as selling “quality drugs,” … Continue reading
Help The Hoople
Years before this little band called Nirvana suddenly put Seattle on the glittery transcontinental map of rock music, a cornball clutch of great local outfits … Continue reading