Supporting Support Pros
As co-chair of the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services, Sen. Lee Beyer understands the value of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in our … Continue reading
Year: 2020
Cinematic Sounds
Federale plays Morricone- and Gainsbourg-inspired pop at WildCraft
Collin Hegna has always been good at whistling. He just never expected the skill would be as useful as it is now, fronting the cinematic … Continue reading
Curtailing Dialogue
It would be great if the Eugene Weekly had some standards for the letters it publishes. Ideally, letters are a format for the thoughtful exchange … Continue reading
Connecting The Dots
The newest evaluation by federal regulators operating under the Trump Administration’s new streamlined guidelines for fossil fuel projects has found that the Jordan Cove project … Continue reading
Weird and Wooly
Portland’s The Woolen Men return to Eugene
All the songs on Human to Human, the 2019 release from The Woolen Men, were written by singer and guitarist Lawton Browning — a definite … Continue reading
Speaking Up About Sex Trafficking
Hope Ranch Ministries to host third annual Survivor Speakout
When many people think about sex trafficking, they imagine it as happening in developing countries far away — not here in the U.S., let alone … Continue reading
Poor Solutions
Taylor Perse’s “poor farm” story was an insightful and interesting look into the past (“The Poor Among Us,” 1/9). While the “poor farm” concept is … Continue reading
Way in the Woods: Embracing Winter
Snowshoeing is a great way to explore winter landscapes
I don’t particularly like winter. Growing up in Michigan, I remember waiting for the bus at the end of my rural driveway, shivering after trudging through … Continue reading
Trickle-Down Eugene
Thanks to Paul Nicholson’s Viewpoint on the lack of democracy in Eugene (“Voters Should Matter,” 1/2). I moved here 10 years ago, not feeling particularly … Continue reading
Doyle’s New Deal
A new study by Oregon State University found that protecting our region’s forests from commercial logging will be essential to mitigating the worst impacts of … Continue reading