Arts on the Chopping Block
The UO wants to cut money to arts, culture and labor programs
The University of Oregon plans to solve its budget crisis by cutting money for the arts and culture. That’s the message conveyed by a series … Continue reading
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Will Oregon Be Known for Its (Legal) Weed Export?
The Oregon Legislature considers legalizing interstate weed trade
Oregon lawmakers are a step closer to passing a bill that would set the groundwork for future agreements with other states to import and export … Continue reading
Love It & Levy It
The five-year 4J levy returns to the ballot as the school district asks voters to renew funding commitment
On a gray, drizzly day a few days before this month’s torrential downpour, about 10 supporters of Eugene School District 4J addressed a handful of … Continue reading
Earth Day Cometh
Beyond Toxics focuses on food justice, among other local events
In Eugene it sometimes feels like every day is Earth Day, with our focus on environmentalism. Then again, on a national and global scale — … Continue reading
Café Bummer News
Café Yumm! announces its location near UO will lose its lease, will close down
It’s been a hard time for restaurants near the University of Oregon campus. First, we lost Barry’s Espresso and Bakery, and a pot shop moved … Continue reading
Tax Day Penny Poll Time!
Where would you put your taxes?
Every year the folks from Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC) take a penny poll to see where taypayers would actually put their hard-earned federal … Continue reading
Courthouse Blues
Lane County asks voters in May ballot to pay for a new courthouse
Inside a perimeter chain-link fence that surrounds the former location of Eugene’s City Hall, a sign proclaims to those driving by on Seventh Avenue: “Making … Continue reading
To Market, to Market
Changes at the Wayne Morse Terrace on Saturday Market days cause confusion
Hedin Manus Brugh got his start selling potted plants on a blanket at the Wayne Morse Terrace across from the officially sanctioned Saturday Market. Years … Continue reading
Lindsey Hayward
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Lindsey Hayward grew up in a house at the top of a hill. She cruised down the hill on … Continue reading
Slant
• Intense rainfall, heavy snowfall and pestilence (measles)? Sounds like we could be experiencing The Plagues of Egypt. Or it could be our rapidly changing … Continue reading