Holiday Heroes
Generosity is a superpower
Photos by Trask Bedortha It’s almost Christmas, and Anthony Palmer is in his living room dressed as Spider-Man. Continue reading
News: Page 279
Clearcut Proposed Near Roadless Area
A patch of forest near Dexter, Oregon, was auctioned off at 10 am Thursday, Dec. 17. That patch, called the John’s Last Stand timber sale by the Bureau of Land Management, is near popular hiking trails and the Hardesty Mountain Roadless Area and is just a little more than 20 miles southeast of Eugene. According to the BLM’s sale proposal, John’s Last Stand is being sold as a “regeneration harvest.” Conservation group Oregon Wild says the proposal calls for leaving only six to eight trees an acre — essentially a clearcut. Continue reading
Does Lane County Need A Public Shelter?
A grassroots petition for a Lane County public homeless shelter is in circulation, and as of Dec. 23 it has accrued 680 signatures. The petition is one among several other significant public initiatives in the past two months targeting the homeless crisis in Eugene and Lane County. Continue reading
R-G Editor Departs, Leaving Questions
N. Christian Anderson III was listed as the editor and publisher of The Register-Guard on the paper’s masthead Thursday, Dec. 17, but by the next day, his name was gone. Sources at the R-G tell EW that an email went out on Dec. 17 informing staffers that Anderson is no longer editor and publisher of the paper. Anderson started at the R-G June 1 after leaving The Oregonian, which he had led for the past five years. The O is Oregon’s largest daily paper, and the R-G is the third largest daily in the state by print circulation. Continue reading
High School Students in Springfield Win Award For Plan To Help Unhoused
While schools around Lane County celebrated Computer Science Education Week earlier this month, students at Gateways High School in Springfield were tackling a different science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) issue — how to help the unhoused. Continue reading
UO prof Geri Richmond scores National Medal of Science
The National Science Foundation announced today that the White House awarded University of Oregon chemistry professor Geri Richmond a National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for achievements in science. She is one of nine awardees this year. Continue reading
Fact-checking Bernie
Bernie Sanders has made strong statements about health care costs in the U.S. compared to other countries. Is he correct? Politifact takes a look. Continue reading
Mother Jones on Klamath water
Mother Jones last week took a look at the hard-fought agreement hashed out over years on the Klamath water war. Continue reading
R-G parts ways with Editor and Publisher N. Christian Anderson?
Sources at the Eugene Register-Guard tell EW that an email went out on Dec. 17 informing R-G staffers that N. Christian Anderson III is no longer editor and publisher of the paper. Anderson started at the R-G June 1, after leaving The Oregonian. EW sent an email to Wendy Baker, director of human resources and general counsel at the R-G, to confirm and ask the reason for the change. Continue reading
May the farce be with you
New political art from caglecartoons.com Continue reading