The Problem Is EWEB’s Lack Of Transparency
Reader Don French didn’t get much right in his Sept. 9 letter. (“Clean Water or Two Acres of Trees?”) The choice that EWEB had at … Continue reading
Year: 2021
Winter Vegetables
Homegrown produce beyond summer
It happens every year. The glory of abundant produce from our gardens and the many wonderful farms that surround us in this valley starts to … Continue reading
Tell Sen. Ron Wyden: We Need A Carbon Tax, Now
A price on carbon is among the most straightforward, effective, unambiguous measures the federal government can take in response to climate change. We must reduce … Continue reading
Perhaps It Could Be A Park
Kim Toner’s piece “Development at Any Cost?” (Viewpoint, 9/2) makes many acute points about how the Capital Hill project of Tom and Cynthia Dreyer is … Continue reading
Cai Emmons Reminds Us To Take Action
Thanks so much for the inspirational story of Cai Emmons (“A Final Chapter” by Ella Hutcherson, EW 9/2). So exciting to read how she and … Continue reading
Slant
What we are watching: Ted Lasso. We are a little late to this Apple TV party but Ted Lasso, the heartwarming football-turned-soccer-coach comedy, is as … Continue reading
American Loneliness
A Texan in Eugene calls for more empathy and fewer bumper stickers to solve major problems
By Doyle Srader In Eugene, we have our work cut out for us: homelessness, mental illness, self-medicating with substance abuse, all play out from one … Continue reading
Oregon Culture Takes a Road Trip
Eugene’s Liza Burns wins design competition to create new Oregon Cultural Trust license plate
You may not think of your Oregon license plate as a work of art. The Oregon Cultural Trust does, though, and on Sept. 15 the … Continue reading
News? In Your Town? It’s More Likely Than You Think
'The Chronicle' and the 'Highway 58 Herald' are working to provide high-quality local news to communities outside Eugene
The Chronicle’s Creswell office sits in the middle of town, just off Highway 99 and a couple doors down from the public library. It’s covered … Continue reading
Mayor’s Teen Art Show
“Using the simplest instruments — colored pencils and markers — I was able to create something beautiful, something to be proud of,” reflects Bella Tocco, … Continue reading