Ding Ding!
Who ya gonna call for a flat bike tire?
“On your left!” is a mantra on Eugene’s streets (along with a few other phrases I can think of). Biking is a part of our … Continue reading
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PUD Decision Put on Hold
Strong community turnout for proposed Hendricks Park development extends meeting and process
Land use hearings official Virginia Gustafson Lucker did not rule March 7 on the tentative Capital Hill Planned Unit Development (PUD). The hearing process was … Continue reading
More Trees More Life
PIELC speaker presents benefits of natural environments
Kathleen Wolf, a researcher at the University of Washington, says that when she was an urban forester in the ’80s, requesting from the city of … Continue reading
Happening People
Jenn Clemo
“My dad went to Creswell High School,” says CHS alum Jenn Clemo. “I grew up here and my husband grew up here. We were both … Continue reading
Lane County Area Spray Information
Pesticide sprays by Weyerhaeuser, Roseburg and more
• Roseburg Resources, 541-679-3311, plans to spray 945.5 acres near Smith River in the Oxbow Burn area with Opensight, Cleantraxx, Esplanade F, atrazine, clopyralid, glyphosate, … Continue reading
Activist Alert
March for Our Lives, Eugene Darkroom and Playwrights Say #NeverAgain
• Eugene Darkroom Group (see EW “Playing in the Dark” 6/1/2017) has found a home at Maude Kerns Art Center. For every pint purchased at … Continue reading
T-Shirts Support Student Gun Safety Walkout
Teachers and community members will wear orange March 14
Local print shop Threadbare Print House is selling T-shirts in support of students who will walk out Wednesday, March 14, to protest gun violence in … Continue reading
Biz Beat
Fishing and recycling in this week's business tidbits
• Our region’s multimillion-dollar sport fishing industry is likely to be affected by changes afoot in our local hatcheries and dams. People who fish spend … Continue reading
Eugene Chooses New Police Chief this Month
Three candidates compete for the job in a process some say is flawed
Civil liberties experts who have been following Eugene’s selection of a new police chief suggest the process is too friendly to the candidates and question … Continue reading
Controversial Speaker Sparks Outcry
Protest leads to arrest at Eugene library
Once known as a “philosopher poet” among environmentalists, Derrick Jensen of the group Deep Green Resistance is better known these days for sparking protests against … Continue reading