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Welcome to another edition of Eugene Weekly’s periodic Local and Vocal opinion roundup — local and vocal is what we are! As the community’s weekly … Continue reading
After years of delays and cost escalations, plans are advancing for a standalone regional Oregon State Police crime lab/morgue/medical examiner’s office on Chad Drive in … Continue reading
More and more LGBTQIA+ people are fleeing red states, says Sasha Violet, outreach director and board secretary of Eugene-based Cascades Community Placement Services (CCPS), a … Continue reading
Actress and advocate Marlee Matlin never went to college in the traditional sense. Instead, the Oscar-winning actress has learned from what life taught her. One … Continue reading
“When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” — Barack Obama • … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai granted an extension to the federal General Services Administration, allowing an extra seven days to remove a controversial security … Continue reading
Best of Eugene (which as we like to remind you covers all of Lane County) is on the horizon! This annual contest that’s been going … Continue reading
Eugene Springfield Pride announced the night of June 21 that the annual Pride rally and march has been canceled due to safety concerns. The Pride … Continue reading
A controversial security fence is set to be removed from the downtown Eugene Federal Building per a federal judge’s order as the federal government drapes … Continue reading
Burning the Forest Service ranger stations in Oakridge and Detroit, torching a ski resort, releasing wild horses, sabotaging powerlines and burning SUVs at what was … Continue reading
Two Eugene bands celebrate new music this week. Foreal, an alternative pop quintet with classic rock influences, plays WOW Hall June 27 supporting their debut, … Continue reading
Grammy Award-winning vocal ensembleRoomful of Teeth performs an evening of Indigenous-inspired music July 1 in their first appearance at the Oregon Bach Festival. Their repertoire … Continue reading
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella. But not everyone knows Grindrella, Cinderella’s sexed-up, queer pantomime step-sibling. And no one knows it better than the students … Continue reading
By Bernadette Marie Calafell, Dr. B Films like 50 Shades of Grey (2015), and more recently, Pillion (2025), have given audiences a view into the … Continue reading
Question: When is a rock not a rock? Answer: When it came from the Copco #1 Dam take-down in November 2023 on the Klamath River … Continue reading
by Boris Wiedenfeld-Needham The look on the young woman’s face was one of pure terror. “Hang up the phone,” I said to her calmly. “I… … Continue reading
I just read a piece I wrote over six months ago, and it could have been written yesterday. What worries me most is that someone … Continue reading
Thanks, Christian Wihtol I have long admired Christian Wihtol’s well-written Bricks & Mortar articles in EW. He has often demonstrated an uncanny ability to take … Continue reading
Give Me My Damn Ballot! Demond Hawkins’ viewpoint (‘Disengagement is Dangerous’) last week articulated my frustration with a disappointingly large percentage of eligible voters in … Continue reading
No Justice in Young’s Sentencing? Citing no examples in its reporting, Mark Weintraub says that the EW showed “glee” and “celebrated” Elisha Young’s prison sentence … Continue reading
Restore Trust with the Eugene Police I am a concerned citizen of Eugene. The purpose of this email is to draw attention to the current … Continue reading
• This week in online news, downtown Eugene Federal Building is making headlines — Eve Weston reports on the two banners commemorating the 250th anniversary of … Continue reading
• Feel the vibrations? Local social media star and comedian Ashe the Vibe Rater, aka Ashe Newton, stopped by EW’s eclectic office on Lincoln Street … Continue reading
• This week in online extra news at EugeneWeekly.com, EW copy editor and writer Kat Tabor checked out the Red Bull Chariot Races at the … Continue reading
• ICE BOX: According to the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, detentions are on the rise, with 43 detentions in May — 19 detentions between May … Continue reading
A rainbow of scales sits out on an ice-covered table. The rich pink of freshly caught salmon is hard to replicate, and a true fish … Continue reading
Call me Ishmael. Or don’t. But like the narrator from Moby Dick, I fell for a white beast. For the past several weeks, I have … Continue reading
Walk through the McShane’s big wooden doors and enter a mashup of a dive bar and Pacific Northwest version of Cheers. I’m not sure that … Continue reading
It was the summer of 1997, during the salmon-fishing season in the Prince William Sound, Alaska. Ryan Rogers was out on the water when word … Continue reading
Ak’chamel, The Giver of Illness, performs June 23 at Art House, playing a mischievous hellbroth of original, ritualistic, psychedelic music from around the world, and … Continue reading
Two Pacific Northwest punk bands celebrate new releases June 12 at Campbell Club, the oldest student housing cooperative at the University of Oregon. Seattle-based band … Continue reading
Turning Tides Music Foundation, a promoter booking acoustic music in the Eugene area, presents the new daylong Turning Tides Folk Festival, Sept. 19, at Island … Continue reading
Punk nonprofit Radical Alternative Development hosts its fifth annual free Mental Health Benefit Punk Show at Washington Jefferson Skate Park Sept 26 and 27. For … Continue reading
Twenty-six teams raced homemade chariots, performed theatrical skits and unleashed plenty of chaos at Eugene’s first Red Bull Chariot Race competition at the University of … Continue reading
The annual Rhododendron Festival, held on the Oregon coast in Old Town Florence the third weekend in May, kicks off the summer for locals and … Continue reading
This year’s May primary election saw record-breaking campaign donations, not-so-nonpartisan nonpartisan races and the usual low voter turnout. Local offices, like city council and county … Continue reading
Ideas for love, dates and everything in between I Saw You Personal ads from the heart. Think a submission is about you? Reach out at … Continue reading
Prioritizing your mental well-being is just as important as taking care of your physical health – and it might be easier than you think. Making … Continue reading
Gregory Erling Flato was born on June 27, 1947, in Astoria, Oregon, the oldest child of Erling and Esther Flato (née Kallunki) and passed away … Continue reading