Obituaries for the Homeless
Please help EW honor the lives of those who have died
As the new year kicks off with ice and snow and torrential rain, the homeless people of Lane County struggle for shelter and survival. In … Continue reading
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A Union Brews
Eugene’s Starbucks on 29th and Willamette is first to file union paperwork in Oregon
Weeks after a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, voted to become the chain’s first union location in the U.S., a Eugene store could soon … Continue reading
All Means All Campaign
State senator launches campaign for Oregon students denied class time due to language, disability
By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle State Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis, launched a statewide campaign Monday to collect accounts of Oregon students who have … Continue reading
‘It Wasn’t Even a Close Call’
The Oregon Office of the Secretary of State rules that Kristof doesn’t meet the three-year residency requirement to serve as governor
Former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s gubernatorial campaign has run into the obstacle that has been looming over his road to the May primary … Continue reading
The Bridges of Yamhill County
Yamhill County Commissioner Casey Kulla is running for governor and says he wants to address the state’s urban-rural divide
Casey Kulla, 42, walks around his Yamhill farm while speaking with Eugene Weekly on his cell phone about why he’s running for governor. In the … Continue reading
Take Back the Truth — Trump Lost!
Time for the majority to stand up
By Shawn Boles The photo which accompanies this piece is a visceral response to Jan. 6, 2021, when our democracy was deeply wounded by carefully … Continue reading
Falling Short
UO kicks off another term of in-person school with some students skeptical of booster requirements and other COVID measures
As the winter cold crept in and students traveled home for the holidays, the University of Oregon marked the end of what was a monumental … Continue reading
A Historic Development
Springfield is proposing housing code that meets HB 2001 and says it shouldn’t change Washburne’s historical character
Walk through the Washburne District in Springfield and you see well-manicured gardens, historic houses that bear the name of the first families that once lived … Continue reading
Telling Their Stories
Eugene Weekly set out to publish an obituary for every person who died homeless in Lane County in 2021. Here’s what we learned.
The first obituary came early in the year. A 30-year-old woman named Ivory McCuen died of hypothermia on Jan. 24 while sleeping in a parking … Continue reading
A Redeeming Flame In The Blight
A candlelight vigil on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day
Sometimes it can be said that Eugene is dying of a rotted soul, consumed by shiny, materialistic high-rise apartment complexes and leaving the disenfranchised behind. … Continue reading