Cottage Grove Fined for Violating Clean Water Act
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently fined the city of Cottage Grove $4,500 for Clean Water Act violations committed in the city’s operation … Continue reading
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DEQ has Oregon in Dirty Hot Water
For more than a decade, Oregon DEQ has failed to come up with an up-to-date permitting system for polluters
By Carl Segerstrom, Katherine Smith and Erin Carey Many of Oregon’s biggest polluters are allowed to pour wastes into the state’s rivers and streams using … Continue reading
The Key to Raising Graduation Rates
Career and Technical Education helps students stay in school
Lane County, our high school graduation rates stink. Surely that’s not new news, but what is new is the approach our schools are taking to … Continue reading
School Board Race
May 16 election to fill three open 4J school board positions
Candidates in the race for the Eugene’s 4J School District board — a four-year-long commitment — are not happy about the Feb. 7 appointment of … Continue reading
4J Students Face Race-Based Discrimination
Incidents increased post Trump's election
Editor’s Note: The names of the mothers in this story, Brenda and Rosa, are pseudonyms to protect their children from retribution. This past September, Brenda … Continue reading
Ron Wyden Hosts Town Hall
Senator addresses problems within the Trump Administration
Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden entered a crowded Lane Community College gymnasium Feb. 19 with the statement that “no topic is off limits.” He was … Continue reading
General Strike Against Trump
Protest Strikes Back Against White House Policies
Threats to the environment, immigration raids, attacks on Planned Parenthood. The Muslim ban, attacks on people of color and LGBTQ. Businesses in Eugene targeted with … Continue reading
Springfield Purchases Police Armored Suburban
Police compare it to a mom’s soccer van
It’s a no-brainer for Springfield Councilor and Lane County Sheriff’s deputy Joe Pishioneri that the Springfield Police Department should purchase a police-armored Suburban. “It’s nothing … Continue reading
Tracking the Backlog and Searching for Justice
How Melissa’s law is working to address Oregon’s rape kit problem
Rachael said “no” repeatedly to the man who came into her Oregon apartment and attacked her on the night of July 6, 2014. She cried, … Continue reading
Fighting for Answers: The Backstory
Oregon State Police have shifting answers on quantity of untested rape kits
Melissa’s Law was enacted in Oregon to ensure the transparency of tracking and testing rape kits. But when Eugene Weekly requested the mandated reporting numbers … Continue reading