Eugene Weekly

Yes, we need change, fast. Yet carbon taxing will be too hard to initiate, too slow and inadequate to the real rate of warming and … Continue reading →

In a recent letter (EW 12/31), Kate Goldsworthy claimed that Mayor Lucy Vinis has had an “unremarkable tenure” and that we deserve a more progressive … Continue reading →

2020: a year of pandemic, George Floyd’s murder followed by sustained, sometimes violent protests in Portland, and the worst wildfires in Oregon’s history. 2020 also … Continue reading →

Perhaps you have also noticed that The Register Guard is no longer a local news source. The Gannett people have no local reporters in Eugene. … Continue reading →

With an abundance of caution, the state has shut down whole industries and mandated certain public behaviors in order to save human lives this past … Continue reading →

Oregon’s COVID rates of infection have been comparatively good for some time. Today we are 48th in the nation in cases per 100,000 population. Hooray! … Continue reading →

I must admit the state of homelessness in Eugene is indeed very sad. Every time I see a homeless person walking around with all their … Continue reading →

Predictably, the timber industry sings the praises of the Private Forest Accord (SB 1602), which allows virtually unchecked the continued vast clearcutting/strip-mining, aerial poison spraying, … Continue reading →

With an abundance of caution, the state has shut down whole industries and mandated certain public behaviors in order to save human lives this past … Continue reading →

Mayor Lucy Vinis has had such an unremarkable mayoral tenure that, just months after her re-election, we are already talking about who might replace her. … Continue reading →