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News: Page 22

Rhymin’ Time Again

After a nudge from EW, the governor at last springs into action and appoints a new poet laureate

News 12 months ago

Following an unprecedented delay, on August 15 Gov. Tina Kotek named Bend poet, non-fiction writer and writing instructor Ellen Waterston to be Oregon’s 11th poet … Continue reading →

Cottage Grove Council Cock Up

St. Vincent de Paul was to reopen a homeless shelter and build a new one to the tune of $2.3 million, while costing the city nothing — until Cottage Grove’s city council and its community-at-large pushed them out

News 1 year ago

More than 140 residents of two homeless camps in Cottage Grove will be evicted on August 22 and moved into a much smaller “kennel-type” dusk-to-dawn … Continue reading →

Early for Political Campaign Signs

Republican candidate for Oregon’s 4th congressional district has campaign signs up in Eugene more than a month before legally allowed

News 1 year ago

Rep. Val Hoyle faces Republican candidate Monique DeSpain in November for Oregon’s 4th congressional district seat. Hoyle has served the district since 2023, after defeating … Continue reading →

Helicopter Horse Roundup

On August 15, BLM will begin rounding up over 700 wild horses in South Steens — using helicopters to herd the equines and their young foals into traps

News 1 year ago

Throughout the Western U.S. over 75,000 wild horses roam free, grazing on public lands under the watch of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse … Continue reading →

‘Come As You Are’

Lane County’s online Diverse Business Directory highlights LGBTQIA+ owned businesses

News 1 year ago

Lane County’s Diverse Business Directory spotlights minority-owned businesses across Lane County to “enhance their online visibility and gain business from allies.” Anyone interested in finding … Continue reading →

‘A Place to be Together at the End of the World’

Spectrum Queer Bar’s employees and performers on what the space has meant to them

News 1 year ago

I learned Spectrum Queer Bar was closing at a drag king bake sale in June.  Heavy Cream, the artist hosting the event, who Eugene Weekly … Continue reading →

SLUG Queen Wannabes Part II

To their surprise, Queen Supreme Slugerella SlimeShine is sixth and final SLUG queen candidate for the August 9 competition

News 1 year ago

Brenn DeGross has lived in Eugene for seven years, but they only found out about the SLUG Queen (Society for the Legitimization of the Ubiquitous … Continue reading →

Issac Dale Clem: 1998-2024

A nomad with a soft spot for returning home

NewsObituary 1 year ago

Trigger warning: This story discusses suicide. Issac Dale Clem loved to laugh, family members say, and he would do whatever he could to put smiles … Continue reading →

Across the Bridge, a Village

In 1949 Lane County government bulldozed Ferry Street Village, a thriving Black community at the site of what’s now Alton Baker Park

News 1 year ago

Before Autzen Stadium. Before Alton Baker Park. Before Coburg Road and before the Ferry Street Bridge there was Lane County’s first Black community — Ferry … Continue reading →

Feeling Sluggish?

The 42nd Annual SLUG Queen Pageant and Coronation is August 9 — meet the contestants

News 1 year ago

It’s that time of year again to slither downtown for the annual SLUG Queen Pageant and Coronation Friday, August 9, and it will be an … Continue reading →

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