Eugene Weekly

A neighborhood forum on the South Willamette Special Area Zone (SW-SAZ) rezoning will be from 7 to 9 pm tonight (Sept. 16) at the Good Samaritan Society Community Room, 3500 Hilyard Street. This forum is sponsored by the four neighborhood associations affected by the SW-SAZ rezoning: Friendly, Amazon, Southeast and South Hills Neighbors. Presentations are scheduled from city planning, neighborhood groups and 1000 Friends of Oregon. The largest segment of the forum will be a public Q&A. Continue reading →

Backpacker magazine has a tongue-in-cheek, so to speak, video that is both funny and disturbing. Click on the image below to link to the website. Continue reading →

What is the impact of climate change on civil unrest and war? See this new story from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Click on the story to read the entire post, which has been translated from French. Continue reading →

Most of us love our amazing National Park system, but some turn to Yelp to voice their frustrations. Bugs, crowds, parking get people ranting. And it can be entertaining. This story is from Mother Jones. Continue reading →

Democratic Party of Lane County Chair Chris Wig today announced his run for Eugene City Council Ward 1 in the 2016 primary election. Joshua Skov announced his candidacy last week for the position now held by George Brown. Brown may or may not seek re-election. Here are additional statements from the press release sent out today by Wig's campaign: Continue reading →

If you missed retired professor Guy McPherson's talk on near-term human extinction June 24, the video is now on McPherson's website. See also our cover story "Radical Predictions" July 16. Continue reading →

The Oregon Center for Public Policy has a new analysis of poverty levels in Oregon broken down by race. Click on the graph for a link to the story. Continue reading →

New York Times story this week casts doubts on Republican claims that more logging reduces wildfire risk. Proposed legislation could actually exacerbate fire danger. Click on the art to link to the story. Continue reading →