Eugene Weekly

Another exclusion request:   In the afternoon of July 18, a downtown officer saw an adult man mingling with a number of teenagers in the Park Blocks. The man was contacted when he violated one of the posted park rules. The officer ran a record check on the 26-year-old man and found there was a warrant for his arrest. It was also determined that he was in the park in violation of an administrative park restriction. He is currently on probation for Possession of Heroin and Marijuana Delivery within 1000 Feet of a School. Continue reading →

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has weighed in on county payments under the Secure Rural Schools Act. What did it find? We need more clarity. Shocking, I know. This report focuses on Title III of Secure Rural Schools, which "authorizes the use of a portion of the payments for certain purposes related to wildland fire and emergency services on federal lands."   Continue reading →

Warning, there's some throwing of bunnies and and it looks like a rabbit gets stepped on. The video of the Cottage Grove "Animal Scramble" is accompanied by this statement by Red Barn Rabbit Rescue. Continue reading →

An email from the city of Eugene today announced that the planned City Council vote on the coal trains resolution has been postponed until September.  The Eugene City Council goes on summer break from July 26 until Sept. 6. Continue reading →

We've been compiling exclusion zone requests. Here are the last few to come in:   Continue reading →

An email alert from Oregon Wild tonight warns that 1.5 million acres of public lands logging might get pushed through the Farm Bill by Rep. Kurt Scrader tonight. The email is below: Continue reading →

This just in from the Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative folks. Two pot-related initiatives were gathering signatures for the November ballot, but the OMPI effort failed.   The Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) today filed suit in Oregon Circuit Court against Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown in response to her office’s disqualification of tens of thousands of valid signatures on petitions for Initiative Petition 24. IP-24 is a constitutional amendment to end marijuana prohibition for adults.   Continue reading →

How hot has it been? According to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has just confirmed what you already suspected: Americans are enduring the hottest weather in our recorded history.   The following was sent out his week by the EDF:   Continue reading →