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Bentley Freeman

Author: Bentley Freeman

Weed is Still a Federal Crime, But…

Rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to III is a possibility, depending on a hearing with the DEA before an administrative judge on Dec. 2

CannabisNews 8 months ago

Marijuana could be reclassified as a Schedule III drug, opening the doors for research and tax breaks nationwide. However, that decision is in the hands … Continue reading →

Resigned

Cottage Grove City Councilor Jon Stinnett tenders his resignation, citing an incredibly difficult 4 years serving on the council and his future move to Eugene

News 8 months ago

By Bentley Freeman Cottage Grove City Councilor Jon Stinnett, Ward 2, resigned from the council Monday, Sept. 23, during a regularly scheduled meeting in the … Continue reading →

Remembering the Ferry St. Village

Eugene’s First Black Community is celebrated, 75 years later

Whats-Happening 9 months ago

The Black Cultural Initiative, in partnership with the city of Eugene and Lane County, will be hosting a commemorative celebration of the Ferry Street Village, … Continue reading →

‘What Do You Got?’

Rep. Val Hoyle, who is up for re-election, spent August 26 traveling across Lane County and meeting with constituents about federally backed solutions to local problems 

News 9 months ago

It’s 9:30 am on a rare, cool Monday morning in August. On the top floor of an office building in downtown Eugene, Oregon’s 4th Congressional … Continue reading →

Renter? I Hardly Know Her

The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a ruling that struck down the city of Eugene’s $10 cap on rental application fees

News 9 months ago

The city of Eugene’s $10 cap on rental fees could be enforced after the Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by Lane County Circuit … Continue reading →

Gags, Shticks and Bits

Oregon Contemporary Theatre is rehearsing a play where everything goes wrong — preparing for everything that could go wrong

Theater 9 months ago

The show must go on, even when everything goes wrong. For Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s upcoming production of The Play That Goes Wrong, directed by John … Continue reading →

‘You’re Tuned into Critical Mass’

A monthly bike protest takes to the streets, reaching ‘Critical Mass’ to show the city of Eugene that bikes are traffic, too

News 9 months ago

In the 2006 NBC show 30 Rock, Jack Donaghey, played by Alec Baldwin, said “never go with a hippie to a second location.” Well, he’s … Continue reading →

Creswell’s Sacred Cow

Romeo, a Creswell steer, is the 2025 Guinness World Records ‘Tallest Living Steer’ who loves to eat apples and hang out at the Welcome Home Animal Sanctuary

Culture 10 months ago

When Misty Moore first saw Romeo in a veal crate at a dairy farm he was only 10 days old and about the size of … Continue reading →

Trashy Talk

Lane County is authorizing a $150 million greenhouse-gas reducing waste recycling facility in Goshen — however rural utilities and trash haulers say this will negatively impact their ratepayers

EW-Extra 10 months ago

Lane County commissioners voted 3-2 on August 20 to move forward on a $150 million waste recycling facility in Goshen that will divert 80,000 tons … Continue reading →

‘It’s Bullshit’

A legal petition submitted August 16 is requesting a modification to the Lane County charter amendment’s ballot title

News 10 months ago

The Lane County Commission voted 3-2 on August 6 to place several amendments to the Lane County Charter from a private law firm on the … Continue reading →

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