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Christian Wihtol

Author: Christian Wihtol

Road Trip to Bankruptcy 

Wildfangs seek protection from creditors on their unfinished Coburg mansion, 14 cars and pick-up trucks, and much more

News 6 days ago

When pub owners Kyle and Tena Wildfang abruptly shut their Wildfang’s Grill House in Springfield last week, they told customers on Facebook: “Life has presented … Continue reading →

Food Trucks and Dishwashers

Latest plans: a northwest Eugene food-cart pod, a Springfield commercial-dishwasher center

News 2 weeks ago

Why are most Eugene food-cart pods in the city center? Who’s looking out for the hard-working stiffs in the city’s northwest industrial corridor who need … Continue reading →

Hall of Flame

Springfield will finally landscape the site of its tallest statue

News 3 weeks ago

For a decade, the 62-foot-high steel Springfield Flame statue in Gateway has loomed over a barren city-owned tract of sun-bleached bark mulch and a few … Continue reading →

$84 Million Payout for PeaceHealth

Struggling health chain sells big pieces of University District hospital site

News 1 month ago

PeaceHealth is winning big time in the Eugene real estate game, while it struggles to break even with its three-state medical business. The nonprofit hospital … Continue reading →

Springing to Life

New owner of Kitson Hot Springs has low-impact development plan

News 1 month ago

Kitson Hot Springs near Oakridge has had a couple of modern-day incarnations, first as a hotel and bathhouse resort, then, for nearly 50 years, as … Continue reading →

Morgue Plan Shows Life

Oregon State Police expects March 2027 groundbreaking for Eugene crime lab/morgue

News 2 months ago

After years of delays and cost escalations, plans are advancing for a standalone regional Oregon State Police crime lab/morgue/medical examiner’s office on Chad Drive in … Continue reading →

Parking at a Premium

Costco wants to tear down former Office Depot building to create more parking

EW-ExtraNews 2 months ago

Costco is so desperate for more parking at its Eugene warehouse store that it is proposing a radical step: tearing down the 32-year-old vacant former … Continue reading →

Money Like Water

Lumber heir doles out campaign dollars to Lane County politicians as she fights allegations of illegal construction along the McKenzie

News 2 months ago

In late January, lumber-empire heir Kathy Jones-McCann suddenly began lavishing astonishing amounts of money on three candidates for the Lane County Board of Commissioners. In … Continue reading →

For Sale: Datalogic’s Eugene Campus

Bar-code scanner maker sheds Eugene real estate

News 2 months ago

Datalogic, a bar-code scanner company that’s long been a major part of Eugene’s high-tech sector, has put its entire 32-acre west Eugene campus up for … Continue reading →

Costco’s Mystery Buy

Costco silent on plans for Office Depot property it bought for $6 million

News 3 months ago

Retail giant Costco appears intent on expanding its hemmed-in Eugene store, but details remain sketchy. This we know: The company last August paid $6 million … Continue reading →

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