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Henry Houston

Henry Houston is a Eugene Weekly staff writer covering news, arts, sports and more. Find him at twitter.com/hwhouston1.

Author: Henry Houston

A ‘Forward-Thinking’ Republican

Jessica Gomez is a tech CEO and is running for governor to transform how Oregon addresses homelessness 

News 3 years ago

Jessica Gomez is one of the few Latina CEOs in the U.S. and wants to be Oregon’s first Latina governor.  But she doesn’t see running … Continue reading →

Springfield Hospital Workers Get A Contract

After months of negotiation with two strikes, hospital workers at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center have a new contract

BlogEW-ExtraNews 3 years ago

After a months-long contract bargaining period that saw two strikes in front of the hospital, workers at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield have settled on … Continue reading →

Trash to Treasure

Lane County government is reviving talks to make recycling more efficient and convert methane from the landfill 

News 3 years ago

Lane County’s waste could be its treasure. All it needs is the right facility at Short Mountain Landfill, near Goshen. The landfill, which is the … Continue reading →

Mac Mania

POW! brings the pro wrestling circus back to McArthur Court

Culture 3 years ago

Some of professional wrestling’s biggest names have wrestled at University of Oregon’s McArthur Court, including André the Giant, Nature Boy Ric Flair, Rowdy Roddy Piper … Continue reading →

A Union Brews

Eugene’s Starbucks on 29th and Willamette is first to file union paperwork in Oregon

EW-ExtraNews 3 years ago

Weeks after a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, voted to become the chain’s first union location in the U.S., a Eugene store could soon … Continue reading →

‘It Wasn’t Even a Close Call’

The Oregon Office of the Secretary of State rules that Kristof doesn’t meet the three-year residency requirement to serve as governor

BlogEW-ExtraNews 3 years ago

Former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s gubernatorial campaign has run into the obstacle that has been looming over his road to the May primary … Continue reading →

The Bridges of Yamhill County

Yamhill County Commissioner Casey Kulla is running for governor and says he wants to address the state’s urban-rural divide

News 3 years ago

Casey Kulla, 42, walks around his Yamhill farm while speaking with Eugene Weekly on his cell phone about why he’s running for governor. In the … Continue reading →

Bowl Games

Eugene skaters look to roller skating as a way to empower everyday life

Health 3 years ago

On an unseasonably warm November Sunday morning, a group of roller skaters glide through a bowl at Washington Jefferson Skatepark. The bowl is shaped like … Continue reading →

A Historic Development

Springfield is proposing housing code that meets HB 2001 and says it shouldn’t change Washburne’s historical character

BlogNews 3 years ago

Walk through the Washburne District in Springfield and you see well-manicured gardens, historic houses that bear the name of the first families that once lived … Continue reading →

Happy Together

Airbnb lobbyist and political newbie Andrew Kalloch is running for Congress and says the U.S. needs to have more civil discourse 

News 3 years ago

Andrew Kalloch named his first-born child Selma in honor of the late activist and former congressman John Lewis.  “Lewis was a patriot in the first … Continue reading →

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Henry Houston

Henry Houston is a Eugene Weekly staff writer covering news, arts, sports and more. Find him at twitter.com/hwhouston1.

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