Bug sex and the life cycle of the Trissolcus halyomorphae
Insect control made awesome. Continue reading
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Animal Services Update
Lane County plans an animal services update at its Tuesday Feb. 26 meeting: Continue reading
End of hunger strike to be celebrated with breakfast
After 60 days of a hunger strike for shelter, Conrad Barney ended his strike, and SLEEPS and Barney are having a breakfast-for-dinner event 4 to 8 pm Sunday, Feb. 24, at Eugene's park blocks (8th & Oak). It's free and open to the public, and donations will go toward the SLEEPS strike team. Continue reading
Readers love Love & Sex issue
EW reader Leah Chava of Imagine Salon was kind enough to email us this photo with the title "We Love you too! Eugene Weekly" Ahh shucks, you're making us blush, we do love our readers. Keep the pics of readers reading our rag acoming! Email to alex@eugeneweekly.com. Continue reading
Meme of the Year 940
Ninkasi presents for your viewing pleasure: Continue reading
Ruling: Government can’t keep public lands oil and gas drillers secret
A big ruling for the Western Environmental Law Center: WELC, which has offices in Eugene, succesfully argued the that the Bureau of Land Mangement can't keep secret the names of corporations that want to lease public lands to drill for oil and gas. “Every community has the right to know what corporations are seeking to drill on public lands near their homes and where they recreate,” WELC attorney Kyle Tisde said. The press release is below. Continue reading
Springfield City Councilor Arrested on DUII Charge
Springfield City Councilor Dave Ralston, who caused controversy in 2006 when he made comments about Hispanic people trying to take over the U.S. Southwest and again in 2011 when he said ignorant things about Centro LatinoAmericano, was arrested around 2:30 am Sunday, Feb. 10, and charged with DUII for driving under the influence of alcohol and another unidentified substance. Continue reading
Canola in the Valley
Despite extensive objections from Oregon's vegetable seed growers who fear canola, aka rapeseed, will contaminate their crops, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has approved "some canola production in the Willamette Valley." The press release is below. ODA adopts Willamette Valley canola control area rule Continue reading
Missing Child
Four and half year old Fela Colbert has gone missing, and her father, Steve, is desperately trying to find out what happened. Colbert says when he went to pick Fela up from her mother, Deanna Lane, at the end of January at their weekly exchange location — the Eugene downtown public library — neither Fela nor her mother was there. Continue reading
Dave Metz in Eugene Tuesday
Local biologist and adventurer Dave Metz will be speaking at 7 pm Tuesday, Feb. 12, at REI. He lives in Cottage Grove. The Medford Mail Tribune did a story on him recently. Continue reading