Slant
Hungry students and a shortage of Christmas trees
• It’s cold outside and the volunteers of the Egan Warming Center have being going nonstop trying to keep the unhoused in our community warm. … Continue reading
Year: 2017
The Dollar Store Boom
Discount stores thrive throughout rural communities
In early February, a quiet but prominent company made an announcement: 1,000 new stores were to open throughout the remainder of 2017, surpassing the 900 … Continue reading
Jazz Isn't Dead
Eugene is home to musicians and venues that keep the genre ablaze
On a Friday night, I watch as five musicians take the stage at the newly reconstructed Jaqua Concert Hall at the John G. Shedd Institute … Continue reading
Keep Net Neutrality
A protest against Verizon and the FCC
Forty-plus protesters lined the sidewalks Dec. 7 outside of the Verizon Wireless store on Coburg Road. The group was opposing the upcoming Federal Communications Commission … Continue reading
Lane Area Spray Information
• Evans Timber, 541-998-9899, plans to spray Triclopyr 3A, Roundup Custom, Tordon RTU, 2,4-D Amine 4, Escort XP, Forest Crop Oil and/or Plantskydd animal repellent … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Climate lawsuit to water storage
• “Defend Equality to Defend Democracy” is a town meeting 1:30 pm Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, 1685 W. 13th … Continue reading
The Long Con
Oregon government and the land of make-believe
My son Chris recently gave me a poster from the 1973 movie The Sting, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, as a couple of conmen … Continue reading
Richard T. Hunt
April 26, 1953 – November 24, 2017
Please join us for a celebration of the life and times of Richard Hunt. Richard, always brimming with creativity, was a jewelry maker, an artist, … Continue reading
Unhoused Books for Unhoused Readers
Gathering community with the Whiteaker Street Library
Celia Easton Koehler and Hannah Schandelmeier-Lynch sit perched on milk crates on the corner of Willamette Street and 11th Avenue outside of The Kiva Grocery … Continue reading
Burritos Beat Hunger
Burrito Brigade reaches a milestone serving the Eugene community
If you head down the back stairwell, continue into the basement and wander through the underground halls of First Christian Church on a late Sunday … Continue reading