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Camilla Mortensen is the longtime local editor of Eugene Weekly, the area’s alternative newspaper. The paper, which has been in print since 1982 (originally as What’s Happening) continues to print more than 27,000 copies a week in addition to its popular email newsletters and website. Camilla has a masters degree in folklore and mythology from UCLA and a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Oregon. She has been a reporter and editor at EW since 2007 and teaches journalism at the UO in the mornings before heading to the Weekly’s office. She also teaches newswriting at Lane Community College and advises The Torch student newspaper.
Commissioners for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife voted June 7 on an updated wolf plan that allows members of the public to be … Continue reading
The Lane County Board of Commissioners voted to end their membership in the Association of O&C Counties, according to a press release from Cascadia Wildlands. … Continue reading
A skoolie is an old school bus that has been converted into a full or part-time living space — basically a re-used and recycled take … Continue reading
Eugene District 4J school board member Evangelina Sundgrenz announced on her campaign’s Facebook page that she will formally resign from the board at the June … Continue reading
On Monday, June 3, a work session will be held for Senate Bill 5510, which “appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Fish … Continue reading
It’s not just 17-year-old Jessilyn Harney’s narrative voice that blurs gender lines, it’s author John Larison’s entire evocative portrayal of the young woman who poses … Continue reading
A former Register-Guard reporter may finally get her day in court. Back in 2015 Serena Markstrom Nugent filed a more than half a million-dollar discrimination … Continue reading
Almost 30,000 Lane County voters re-elected Phil Carrasco to the Lane Community College Board of Directors on May 21. However, Carrasco had resigned after being … Continue reading
The tiny Humboldt marten was thought to be extinct back in 1996. But the cat-sized predator is not only alive, it’s taken up residence in … Continue reading
First there was the late February snowstorm with almost 19 inches of snow recorded at the Eugene airport. Then there was the early April rainstorm … Continue reading