A Fair Shakedown on Security
How OCF keeps the peace during the weekend
When tens of thousands of people gather in a field over the course of this long weekend in July and continue to circumnavigate the infinity … Continue reading
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The Baker County Blazers
County pulls in high weed retail sales per capita
Maybe they should call it “Baked” County. Baker County’s marijuana retail sales from 2017 brought in more than $16 million. Considering their population, that means, … Continue reading
Get Prepared for Fair
On this week’s episode of Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening podcast, host Meerah Powell chats with two EW writers, freelancer Will Kennedy and intern Taylor Griggs, about the stories they wrote for EW’s Oregon Country Fair issue.
Goodbye Uruguay
A disappointing exit despite an exemplary performance from the small country with an enormous soccer culture
One of just three teams to earn all nine possible points in the group stage, and the only team to do so without conceding a … Continue reading
Pickleball is Life
Paddle sport takes over Eugene-Springfield, giving zip to local courts
It’s a cloudy spring morning at Meadow Park in Springfield as I get ready to serve. I have a pickleball in my left hand and … Continue reading
It’s About Time
July is full of sunlight and day hikes
July is a month of conflicting forces that give human activity direction. Vegetable gardens are well established by now, ready for the strong growing season. … Continue reading
Hospitable ‘Hooligans’
Our man in Volgograd watches and plays soccer during the World Cup in Russia
Unlike American football, most soccer fans actually play (or used to play) the sport they watch so passionately, so soccer spectators frequently transform themselves into … Continue reading
Thirst for Knowledge
Oregon's science pub phenomenon
A robot walks into a bar. So do nearly 200 people. In fact, it’s a standing-room-only crowd for a talk about human-robot interactions on a … Continue reading
New Pizza Hits the Whit
The Wheel Apizza is ‘New Haven’ style
The Wheel Apizza Pub aims to fling a new kind of pie our way with their “New Haven” pizzas, and with crunchy, sourdough crust and … Continue reading
Morsels
Food news around Lane County
• UpStar Ice Cream, Oregon’s first high protein, low calorie, low sugar ice cream, started by University of Oregon graduates, is available in grocery stores … Continue reading