Lane County Area Spray Information
• Pangaea Pacific Timberlands LLC, 541-554-5759, plans to hire Northwest Reforestation Services LLC, 541-520-6215 to spray 60.2 acres south of Fox Hollow Rd with Transline, … Continue reading
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Activist Alert
• Retired U.S. Air Force Major Margaret Witt, equal rights advocate and decorated veteran, will discuss her history-making legal challenge of the military’s “don’t ask, … Continue reading
Students Walk While Grownups Talk
The gun violence conversation roils while students try to make their voices heard
Hundreds of students across Lane County — and thousands around the country — rallied the morning of March 14 with the hope of forcing adults’ … Continue reading
Forest Lands and Guest Houses
Group calls land-use proposal updates ill defined
A proposal from county planners seeking to update the land use code for rural areas violates Oregon state law, a local watchdog group says. LandWatch … Continue reading
Riverfront Revisions
UO’s proposed plans for its North Campus cause contention
University of Oregon faculty members are asserting that administrators did not adequately consult them on plans to develop the university’s riverfront. Certain members of the … Continue reading
Slant
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
CERTified Disaster Preparedness Advice
In this week’s What’s Happening podcast, host Meerah Powell talks to former EW reporter Kelly Kenoyer about a story she wrote on CERT (the Community Emergency Response Team) and about disaster preparedness in general. After participating in a month-long CERT training for the story, Kenoyer shares her best tips for surviving the Cascadia earthquake and whatever other disasters may come our way. Make sure to grab a print issue of Eugene Weekly in its little red boxes every Thursday or check us out online at www.eugeneweekly.com.
Oil Leaks Into the McKenzie River
However industries regularly, legally, pollute Oregon's rivers
Shocked by the news of hydraulic oil leaking into the McKenzie River, just hundreds of feet from the intake for Eugene’s drinking water? Don’t be. It’s … Continue reading
Back from the Dead
A man bought his 'zombie house' in Eugene for next to nothing. But can he keep it?
Jonathan Baker bought his house in Eugene’s Jefferson Westside neighborhood for a dollar. The previous owner’s husband had died in 2010, and after 18 months … Continue reading
Biz Beat
Hippie Hemp, Ninkasi and DMP
• Hippie Hemp is a new small business in downtown Eugene that celebrated its grand opening in February. The store is located at 187 E. … Continue reading