Stacking the School Boards
Politics aren’t just in the classroom — they’re on the board
Candidate filings for Oregon’s May 20 Special Election are in, and school boards are in the hot seat with it being the first election since … Continue reading
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SWAT Training at University-Area Hospital
The Eugene Police Department has partnered with PeaceHealth to conduct tactical training in the unused University District Hospital
Eugene Police Special Operations and Tactics (SWAT) is using the abandoned PeaceHealth Sacred Heart University District Hospital for training. In an email to Eugene Weekly, … Continue reading
Smells like Strike Season
UO’s student and faculty unions take a stand on possible spring strikes
On March 11, the faculty union at the University of Oregon, United Academics, will vote on a strike authorization arguing that faculty compensation is not … Continue reading
PeaceHealth Eugene Campus Up for Grabs
Hospital, parking garages, offices, the works
This may be the biggest real estate news to hit Eugene-Springfield in decades. No, we’re not talking about Chick-fil-A opening in Gateway. We’re talking about … Continue reading
The Next Generation of Mobile Home Manufacturing
A St. Vinnie’s partnership trains high school students to become the next generation of trade workers
HOPE Community Corporation is manufacturing mobile homes for the nine St. Vincent de Paul owned trailer parks around Oregon — with the help of a … Continue reading
Willamette Street Apartments Stalled
Tear-down of vacant former Lane Community College center pushed to summer
An effort backed by the city of Eugene to build affordable rental housing in the heart of downtown has been delayed — yet again. Commencement … Continue reading
RAVEN Takes Flight
RAVEN becomes a community source for homeless services in response to the closure of White Bird’s Front Rooms program
RAVEN is a new resource for the unhoused providing services and distributing food and clothes, seeking to fill a gap after White Bird Clinic’s Front … Continue reading
We Didn’t Fund The Fire
Eugene Fire Fee faces a referendum proposal from the Eugene Chamber of Commerce
The Eugene Chamber of Commerce has begun gathering signatures to file a referendum in opposition to the Eugene City Council’s vote to adopt a “fire … Continue reading
Climate Change and the Rule of Law
Trump-Musk executive orders and firings thrash the public interest
President Donald J. Trump’s project to take a chainsaw to duly authorized and appropriated funding — and eviscerate the very federal agencies that safeguard public … Continue reading
Wake Up America
Indigenous environmental activist and author Winona LaDuke to give a lecture on the protection of Mother Earth
On Feb. 18, Winona LaDuke, a longtime Indigenous land rights and environmental activist as well as author, woke up to a bitter cold in White … Continue reading