Eugene Weekly

As we continue reading how the present five-month-old pandemic has affected our downtowns, our malls, our delicate restaurant industry, schools, courts, hospitals, music industry, sports … Continue reading →

Lane County is named after Joseph Lane, a pro-slavery territorial governor of Oregon who ran as the 1860 vice presidential candidate on the pro-slavery southern … Continue reading →

SB 1602, the legislative deal brokered by some environmental groups and timber industry representatives, falls well short of actually protecting residents and the environment. Longtime … Continue reading →

I’ve had it! Enough with the government telling me what I can do! “Wear a mask!” “Socialistic distancing!” And the highways are the worst! “Drive … Continue reading →

In response to the July 9 letter (“Damned Cheapskate Cyclists!”) written by Edgar Darwin: I am more than sympathetic to the majority of complaints regarding … Continue reading →

A refresher in African American history is in order. Kidnapped Africans were first brought as slaves to the future USA in 1565, at St. Augustine, … Continue reading →

Police brutality is at one end of the school-to-prison pipeline. Schools are at the beginning of it. If we are serious about doubling down against … Continue reading →

Thank you, Karen Cross (“Don’t yell, get a bell,” Letters 5/28). In my lifetime I have been a pedestrian, a bicyclist, a motorcyclist and a … Continue reading →

OK, people, recently I took a hike up Spencer Butte. I was amazed that only about one in eight people were wearing masks. I know … Continue reading →

Many thanks to the writers of the extremely informative “Why They Had to Go: Statement on The Fall of The Pioneer Statues” (EW, 6/25). I … Continue reading →