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Literary Arts has announced the finalists for the 2009 Oregon Book Awards, and five of them are particularly local: Miriam Gershow, Debra Gwartney, Bonnie Henderson, Barbara Pope and Leslie What are all among the finalists for this year’s awards. (Perennial finalist Deborah Hopkinson of Corvallis has already won; her book is the only contender in the children’s category.) Continue reading
Two UO students have won prizes in a short video contest for college students. Rebecca Purice won a $3,000 first prize for a video about the First Place Family Center in Eugene and a homeless single dad. Here’s the video: Continue reading
Here’s a slideshow of the Eugene Celebration parade: Continue reading
While Portland and other cities are putting forward innovative bike and transit friendly transportation projects for a $1.5-billion pot of flexible, green-oriented federal stimulus funds, Eugene only wants yet more roads. Continue reading
The city of Eugene is planning to spend $16 million to move its police to a new headquarters across the river from most crime. Here’s a map from a website the police department uses to map their crime data. The map shows violent crimes since March. The blue arrow depicts where the police headquarters is now (red dot) and where City Manager Jon Ruiz is planning to move it. Continue reading
Looks like former Mayor Jim Torrey did a commercial on KVAL: Continue reading
Pete Kerns (left) Roger Magaña (right) Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz named department veteran Pete Kerns as Eugene’s police chief. At a 1:30 pm press conference Ruiz called Kerns “a person of strong integrity.” Continue reading
What’s that saying? Oh, right: Better late than never. Listen, I’ve been thinking about this series’ ending for a month. Solid. OK, not solid. But a lot. It’s a triumph of bleakness, and that’s kind of putting it lightly. Shall we talk about it, fellow BBC-watchers? Continue reading
The 12-lane freeway bridge urban sprawl proponents are pushing in Portland isn’t in Eugene, but the $4-billion project threatens to suck all the transportation funding out of the entire state and local Congressman Peter DeFazio could play a key role in killing it. Columbia River Crossing (CRC) opponents have produced a series of clear, quick videos on the freeway project. Here’s an overview: Continue reading
An anti-logging protester has filed an intent to sue the city, alleging police falsely arrested, jailed and injured him and violated his free speech rights. According to a press release, Josh Schlossberg and his attorney Lauren Regan of the Civil liberties Defense Center, filed a tort claim notice this month regarding the March 13, 2009 incident. Continue reading