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Rodeo is a sore point with many animal lovers, and for myself, I can't watch calf roping. But those who love to watch bull riding — one of the few animal sports where the non-human animal tends to win, a lot — will tell you that the bulls are well-cared for atheletes. This press releasse about Mick E Mouse just … well … let me just cut to the chase on why this is a "press release of the day." Continue reading
Before Fred Taylor became one of the owners of Eugene Weekly, he was the managing editor and later the executive editor of the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading
The shooting of a veteran with PTSD, Brian Babb, by the Eugene Police Department comes before the review board today. Check out the detailed story in the R-G on the issue. Babb's family continues to speak out about the shooting. Here is the press release from the Babb family: Continue reading
Washington-based Haggen bought 146 Albertons and Vons locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington and Oregon earlier this year — you might have noticed your local Albertsons has changed its name and color scheme. More recently, social media posts and newspaper stories have blasted the company for laying off hundreds of workers, in particular the developmentally disabled. Continue reading
The Oregon Center for Public Policy has a new analysis of poverty levels in Oregon broken down by race. Click on the graph for a link to the story. Continue reading
The city of Sutherlin is after your giant joints. Continue reading
The student who filed a Title IX lawsuit against the University of Oregon in regard to her allegations of gang rape against three UO basketball players has filed a stipulation dismissing the case against the UO today "persuant to a settlement agreement," according to an email from one of her attorneys, John Clune of Colorado. Continue reading
Thirteen activists were the only thing stopping Royal Dutch Shell's MSV Fennica icebreaker, in Portland for repairs before sailing back to the Arctic to assist in drilling for oil. Suspended and tethered to one another while hanging from the iconic St. Johns Bridge as part of a Greenpeace aerial blockade of the Willamette River, the Greenpeace activists were accompanied by “kayaktavists,” who started a 24-hour watch in the adjacent Cathedral Park. Continue reading
The University of Oregon is jumping into the earthquake fray. What earthquake fray, you ask? On a recent trip to the Oregon coast, a certain EW reporter found herself mentally planning evacuation routes and nervously eyeing the coastline, imagining tidal waves of unrealistic proportions crashing down on her. Continue reading