Letters to the Editor
Posted 2025-04-01 But What About the Kittens? Lately the news has been dominated by fearmongering about all the attacks Donald Trump is supposedly making on … Continue reading
Satire
UO Nixes Duck Coach Pay Bump
Board votes unanimously to spend the money instead on 20 percent pay raises for entire academic faculty
Posted 2025-04-01 At an unannounced emergency session held just before midnight Wednesday, April 1, the University of Oregon Board of Trustees voted unanimously to claw … Continue reading
Trump announces plan to annex Oregon
Construction on Trump Tower Eugene could start next year
Posted 2025-04-01 President Donald Trump announced his plan this week to annex Oregon, telling reporters at a press conference delivered from the front seat of … Continue reading
Eugene’s Largest Polycule Breaks Up
The local non-monogamy scene vows to rebuild
Posted 2025-04-01 In an announcement devastating to local polyamorists and non-monogamists, the largest polycule in Eugene has announced it’s no longer a thing. Polycule leader … Continue reading
City-County Drag Battle
Eugene pushes back on the Lane County Commission’s drag ban
Posted 2025-04-01 After the Lane County Commission voted 3-0 on April 1 to ban drag shows in Eugene, Eugene city councilors pushed back — pointing out … Continue reading
Eugene Introduces ‘Speed Hump Studios’ Pilot Program
New initiative reclassifies asphalt mounds as “micro-dwellings” to simultaneously address student housing concerns and traffic calming
Posted 2025-04-01 Amid skyrocketing housing costs and perpetual budget constraints, Eugene urban planners unveiled an innovative solution designating the city’s extensive network of speed humps … Continue reading
Mapping for MAGA
Lane County Commission votes to rename the Willamette Valley
Posted 2025-04-01 After a contentious two-hour discussion during an unannounced meeting on Wednesday, the Lane County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to rename the … Continue reading
eug Expands to port, cruz
Publisher of eug announced April 1 that the local paper would become a bit less local
Posted 2025-04-01 By spring 2026, eug plans to launch affiliate papers in two alt-weekly news deserts: Portland, Oregon, and Santa Cruz, California. The affiliate papers, … Continue reading
It’s eug!
Eugene Weekly rebrands for the digital age
Posted 2025-04-01 Look out, Eugene! The eug is here! Again and again, readers in Lane County have made it clear — they want local news … Continue reading
April 1 News briefs
CAMPUS NEWS UO on Drugs and Alcohol The school seeks to raise awareness among faculty about drinking on campus By Bentley Freeman Recent news stories … Continue reading