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RG sold, OBF, auditor and other editorial opinions
• We heard Oregon House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson talk to a gathering of Eugene Democrats last summer after the 2017 legislative session. Williamson said … Continue reading
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Snoop Dogg with Wiz Khalifa
Matt Knight Arena • 9:00 pm • Tickets→
Snoop Dogg, in partnership with MERRY JANE, Uncle Snoop’s Army, and AEG Presents, officially announces the 2018 420 Wellness Retreat Tour. The 5th Annual Wellness … Continue reading
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• Read The Register-Guard lately and you’d think Eugene’s in the middle of a violent crime wave. Armed robberies near the university! Not quite so, … Continue reading
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• The democratic process is alive and well in this end of the Willamette Valley, probably best demonstrated when 5,000 of us marched to support … Continue reading
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• We were impressed by the turnout for the March for Our Lives — estimates of 5,000 people in Eugene alone. Last year we saw … Continue reading
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New police chief, March Madness and the city auditor race
• Eugene has chosen a new police chief. Chris Skinner, currently chief in Richland, Wash., will take over Eugene Police Department on April 30, replacing … Continue reading
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Auditors, quakes and opionds
• News on the Eugene city auditor front. Bonny McCornack of ElectedAuditor4CityAccountability and a chief petitioner for Measure 20-283 tells us that on Monday, March … Continue reading
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GateHouse, the passing of a M*A*S*H star and feral cat feeding controversy
• Since GateHouse Media took over The Register-Guard on March 1, its longtime editorial page editor Jackman Wilson, who reportedly retired Feb. 28, has gained … Continue reading
Silence of the Lambs
A family struggles to survive in absolute quiet in the apocalyptic horror thriller A Quiet Place
The first third of director John Krasinki’s horror film A Quiet Place is smart and plenty creepy, but it had me wondering: Why all the … Continue reading
alt-J with Twin Shadow
Cuthbert Amphitheater • 7:00 pm • Tickets→
alt-J is coming to the Cuthbert Amphitheater on April 24! Support act will be Twin Shadow. This all ages event has a Reserved Seated area … Continue reading
Chaos Creation
The ever-changing L.A. duo formerly known as Smoosh visits Eugene
Asya Saavedra who, along with her sister Chloe Saavedra forms LA duo Chaos Chaos, says her band took its name from a species of amoeba … Continue reading
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Damn dams, Hot Air, end of an RG era and EW's Kansas takeover
• Cougar Dam on the South Fork of the McKenzie River creates a quandary that government agencies and environmental geeks have been puzzling over for … Continue reading
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AR-15s, clean air and an easy read
• We’re all searching for ways to control guns and stop this senseless violence in America. Here are five organizations you can plug into today: … Continue reading
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Endangered bird, Bill Fletcher, Oregon's 2nd Congressional District race, South Eugene Axe
Several times a month, EW runs information on pesticide sprays around Lane County, supplied to us by the group Forestland Dwellers. This week we got … Continue reading
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New website! chilling RG asset sale and op ed on Dreamers
• Thumbs up to UO President Michael Schill for joining with Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney to write a powerful op-ed for The Oregonian recently … Continue reading
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Measure 101 wins, mourning Brian West and Ursula Le Guin, City Club, the Women’s March and white supremacists
• In his life, which ended far too soon when he died Jan. 6 at age 51, Brian West played drums for the likes of … Continue reading
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The Axe, the auditor, Measure 101 robo calls and other thoughts from EW’s editorial board
• This just in! Scott Landfield of Tsunami Books tells us they didn’t just raise the $302,000 the store needed to assure Tsunami could keep … Continue reading