Wayfair Hits the Oregon Trail
Why a Boston-based online furniture business found a home in Springfield
It took nearly a year for Wayfair to decide to move to Springfield. And it took a coalition of the willing to make the pitch: … Continue reading
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Coming to America
Thi Bui combines political and personal history in her new graphic memoir
When asked how it feels to have published an illustrated memoir about you and your family’s experience as refugees in the U.S., Thi Bui apologizes. … Continue reading
Lane County Area Spray Information
• Seneca Jones Timber Company, 541-689-1011, plans to hire Oregon Forest Management Services to spray herbicides and other chemicals on 17.1 acres near Fire Road … Continue reading
Mona Castle
The daughter of an itinerant poet, Mona Castle was born in 1970 at a hippie house party in Glenwood, between Eugene and Springfield, with a … Continue reading
What’s in Your Weed? Where Is it Headed?
Secretary of State releases audit urging for more regulation, improved lab testing
Is the weed is getting stronger or is your weed just contaminated? Secretary of State Dennis Richardson released a report this morning that says the … Continue reading
News Release on Landeros Shooting
IDFIT team rules the shooting justified
The Lane County District Attorney’s Office has issued a press release on the Inter-Agency Deadly Force Investigative Team (IDFIT) investigation into the Jan. 11 shooting of Charlie … Continue reading
Not Out of the Woods
The Elliott State Forest will stay public, but will it be protected?
Driving through the Elliott State Forest, a 91,000-acre swath of state-owned forestland east of Coos Bay, is a jarring experience, and not just because of … Continue reading
Activist Alert
• Over the past three months, after launching in the UK, Extinction Rebellion has established groups in more than 35 countries and 32 U.S. cities, … Continue reading
Watching the Detectives
The police killing of Brian Babb goes to court and his family hopes for a trial
A Eugene Police Department officer yells, “Drop it.” Milliseconds later you can hear a gunshot, leading to the death of veteran Brian Babb. Babb was … Continue reading
The Shutdown Circus
Federal employees deal with government shutdown, community offers some relief
On the 2016 campaign trail, some former workers claimed then-candidate Donald Trump never paid them. Today, federal government workers can say the same. Regardless of … Continue reading