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When Sarah Medary started working for the city of Eugene in 1996 as a parks maintenance worker, one of her tasks was to tend to … Continue reading
It’s raining in downtown Eugene on a Saturday in early March. You need spring mix, carrots, celery and leeks to make a side salad for … Continue reading
Who says 4/20 has to be just one day? To Normal Bean, a local music promoter and founder of Springfield’s Hippie Museum, the celebration is … Continue reading
The Oregon State Legislature may have passed a bill with a solution to one of the state’s long-standing timber wars. On March 3, the Legislature … Continue reading
Clouds of dust leaped from the dirt road as I tromped steadily up a Forest Service road in the Deschutes National Forest. The fine dust … Continue reading
Francis Eatherington’s iPad slides across the dash of her Subaru as she swings the car onto the 7700 road in the Elliott State Forest. The … Continue reading
For most of his life as a hippie, Normal Bean has collected stuff: piles of music show posters, stacks of books and poetry, instruments, records … Continue reading
Gabe Piechowicz scans a 3.5-acre lot scattered with RVs and points to an area out in the open field. “That’s where the Ferris wheel will … Continue reading
Just off of I-5, about 12 miles south of Eugene, is Blue Valley Bistro, what owner Seth Clark calls “the living-room of Creswell.” Inside the … Continue reading
For native Snake River salmon and steelhead, the river is a major migration highway. Beginning on the western slope of Wyoming’s Rocky Mountains, it twists … Continue reading