Slant – 2017-08-10
• Mayor Lucy Vinis convened her first Auditor Study Committee meeting Aug. 2 at the Eugene Public Library. Norma Greer and Marty Wilde were elected … Continue reading
EW Staff
Author: EW Staff
Eulogy for an Eco-Advocate
Tom Giesen June 25,1940 - March 4, 2017
Many of the relatives, friends and colleagues gathered at Tom Giesen’s memorial on a sunny April afternoon at McKenzie River Eco-Lodge had been joggers, cyclists … Continue reading
EW’s Annual Pet Photo Contest Winners
You submitted 'em; we voted
Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Pet Photo Contest. Submissions were judged by our staff, with winners selected for the categories of Cutest … Continue reading
Lane County Area Spray Information
McKenzie River
• Weyerhaeuser, 541-746-2511, plans to aerially and ground spray 2944.5 acres north of the McKenzie River and Vida with glyphosate, imazapyr, sulfometuron methyl, metsulfuron methyl, aminopyralid and/or MSO Concentrate. See ODF notification 2017-771-08893, call Brian … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-07-27
HEALTHY POLITICS Sen. Ron Wyden sets a great example of transparency and listening to the public with his town halls and the recent interview with … Continue reading
Activist Alert
#DisruptJ20 defendants
After relentless advocacy, the 82,500-acre Elliott State Forest in the Oregon Coast will remain in public ownership. To celebrate this environmentalist victory, Cascadia Wildlands, Mountain … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor – 2017-07-20
‘BA-ROCK’ SPIRIT AT BACH FEST Applause for Will Kennedy’s “Bach for the 21st Century” (July 13). I especially appreciated Kennedy’s “outsider” probes about the festival’s … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-07-13
ORPHANED ANIMALS Excuse me, but I was just wondering … Would it be at all possible to some way check the empty University of Oregon … Continue reading
Activist Alert
2016 Hate and Bias Report
• Staff from the Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement, Eugene Police Department, elected officials and members of the groups including the NAACP, Trans*Ponder … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor – 2017-07-06
HAIL QUEEN HILLARY I enjoyed Rick Levin’s perceptive article about Ashland’s culture [“Taming of the Shrewd,” June 29], except for his line comparing Hillary Clinton … Continue reading