Hedwig, the rooster who survived Holiday Farm Fire

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I knew the homeless woman crushed by a garbage truck Aug. 26 in an alley downtown. “Anne” was how she introduced herself to me. I … Continue reading
Rye has some wicked good duck on its menu. After all, everyone should try their duck poutine if they are going to live near a … Continue reading
A new dream, one made of steel, grandstands and an urban park, is rising from the proverbial ghost of Eugene’s Civic Stadium, now called Civic … Continue reading
Deep in the Willamette National Forest, several miles south of Oakridge, 6,800 acres of prime Douglas fir and mixed conifer stands have been identified for … Continue reading
Eugene’s only kava bar stopped serving kava for about a week in July after a misunderstanding between local and state health authorities about what’s a … Continue reading
The ominous text messages from the alpaca farmhand started around 1:30 pm on June 1. “Something is up with Shimmer,” read the first text. I … Continue reading
The hellish wildfire smoke seen in the southern Willamette Valley last August and September 2017 was, by all counts, the worst summer of smoke this … Continue reading
Construction crews for NW Natural have drilled 60 vertical feet under Amazon Creek to install a 2.5-mile natural gas pipeline that runs the length of … Continue reading
Firefighter Mike Simon III has slept in a tent on the beach of the Dexter Reservoir in Lowell since Aug. 16. His exhausted brother, nephew … Continue reading