The Recycling Truth Was Complicated
Re: “Learn the Three ‘Rs,’ 4J” (Letters, 12/17). Though I appreciate the writer’s sentiment, history proves otherwise. By chance, I was a teacher at two … Continue reading
Year: 2020
Silent Since Spring
But with the advent of a vaccine, live music may cautiously return in 2021
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance: the five stages of grief. We’ve all been at one stage or another since March. Sometimes in tandem, dualities of … Continue reading
Jordan Cove Hits Another Bump
Oregon’s Land Use Board sends natural gas pipeline back to Coos County for review
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) overturned Coos County’s permits for the construction of Jordan Cove LNG, adding another chapter … Continue reading
Stop The Sweeps
Local activists spotlight police evictions of homeless camps
It is that moment — in open space with no corners to worry about, in plain sight, just part of the fabric of urban existence … Continue reading
Local Activist Hosts Conversation with George Floyd’s Uncle
Selwyn Jones became a civil rights activist after police killed his nephew
George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, will have a virtual conversation about the Black Lives Matter movement on Dec. 20 with local police brutality activist Stephanie … Continue reading
Not The Butterfly Alone
I read with great interest the article (“The Butterfly and the Blaze,” EW 12/10) concerning the fires from this past summer and the connected weather … Continue reading
Salvage Nation
BLM proposes salvage logging at Holiday Farm Fire-impacted area
The Holiday Farm Fire has been mostly contained since October, but the Bureau of Land Management is now proposing salvage harvesting, a controversial forest management … Continue reading
A Sadistic City Council
Seeing a bulldozer idling over a tent, I’m outraged once again by the Eugene City Council. Right now, the council refuses to supply trash service … Continue reading
Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus
A trying year for all will get a dose of good cheer starting Dec. 18 when the Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus presents: Home with the … Continue reading
Learn The Three ‘Rs,’ 4J
We live in south Eugene. Bicycling by the former Edison Elementary School this afternoon we were shocked to see that apparently no effort was undertaken … Continue reading