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Bentley Freeman

Author: Bentley Freeman

Q&A: 2024 DNC Oregon Delegates

Eugene Weekly discusses the 2024 Democratic National Convention with Oregon delegates state Sen. James Manning Jr. and Eugene City Councilor Matt Keating 

EW-Extra 11 months ago

It’s election season, so state Sen. James Manning Jr. and Eugene City Councilor Matt Keating are giving Eugene Weekly an inside scoop on the inner … Continue reading →

Cottage Grove Council Cock Up

St. Vincent de Paul was to reopen a homeless shelter and build a new one to the tune of $2.3 million, while costing the city nothing — until Cottage Grove’s city council and its community-at-large pushed them out

News 11 months ago

More than 140 residents of two homeless camps in Cottage Grove will be evicted on August 22 and moved into a much smaller “kennel-type” dusk-to-dawn … Continue reading →

‘Come As You Are’

Lane County’s online Diverse Business Directory highlights LGBTQIA+ owned businesses

News 11 months ago

Lane County’s Diverse Business Directory spotlights minority-owned businesses across Lane County to “enhance their online visibility and gain business from allies.” Anyone interested in finding … Continue reading →

Helicopter Horse Roundup

On August 15, BLM will begin rounding up over 700 wild horses in South Steens — using helicopters to herd the equines and their young foals into traps

News 11 months ago

Throughout the Western U.S. over 75,000 wild horses roam free, grazing on public lands under the watch of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse … Continue reading →

County Commission Votes Down Election Integrity

Lane County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to push a private law firm’s suggestions to the ballot — which include a redistricting of county commissioner districts in 2025 

EW-Extra 11 months ago

The Lane County elections clerk is calling the August 6 vote by the Board of County Commissioners to send a redistricting proposal from a private … Continue reading →

‘Ya, I Was At Jan 6th’

In a response on Facebook to EW’s story, the son of the Republican nominee for Oregon State House District 12 confirms he was at the attack on the Capitol

EW-Extra 11 months ago
Images of rioters at the Capitol Jan. 6.

“Ya, I was at Jan 6th, along with thousands of other Americans,” Tyler Harbick writes in response to a recent Eugene Weekly story about his … Continue reading →

Bats, Beers and Buds

PLAY Eugene holds everything you need for a good Saturday night within its walls 

Chow 11 months ago

I want a beer. A nice cold one. Not that 4 percent Coors Light crap, mind you. I’m talking real beer. Beer for men. Beer … Continue reading →

Across the Bridge, a Village

In 1949 Lane County government bulldozed Ferry Street Village, a thriving Black community at the site of what’s now Alton Baker Park

News 11 months ago

Before Autzen Stadium. Before Alton Baker Park. Before Coburg Road and before the Ferry Street Bridge there was Lane County’s first Black community — Ferry … Continue reading →

P is for Pride (and Parking)

Eugene Pride parking solutions include bike valet, free LTD bus rides and onsite parking for carpoolers and ADA

EW-Extra 11 months ago

After several meetings with the ownership of Cuthbert Amphitheater, city of Eugene and Eugene Police Department, Eugene Pride on August 10 will have several options … Continue reading →

‘That Could Have Been One of Them’ 

NAACP Lane County 1119 Unit hosts a vigil for Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman murdered by sheriff’s deputies in her own home near Springfield, Illinois

EW-Extra 11 months ago

On July 25, NAACP Lane County held a candlelight vigil and march for Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two murdered in … Continue reading →

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