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Catalyst Journalism Project

Summer Fun?

With a lack of state funding for summer programming for kids, community organizations are suffering

News 22 hours ago

Solid Strides is a nonprofit program in south Eugene with the overarching goal of getting kids access to horses, particularly kids in historically underserved populations. … Continue reading →

‘Respect the Pillow’

Free Speech Plaza vendors successfully negotiated to keep their canopies 

News 1 week ago

The words “Respect the pillow” echoed in the Farmers Market Pavillion on 8th and Oak during a town hall meeting between community vendors, a representative … Continue reading →

Semester Switch

4J high schools will run on a different — and controversial — schedule next year

News 2 weeks ago
k-12 education logo

An announcement that all 4J high schools will be moving to a new semester schedule in September 2023 has been met with trepidation by many … Continue reading →

‘Security Through Obscurity’

Proposed rules before the Eugene City Council may make it more difficult for unhoused people to find a legal place to camp without facing higher fines — or even jail. 

News 3 weeks ago

By Bentley Freeman, Alexis Weisend and Evan Weston In 2021, Oregon lawmakers passed a new law directing cities to stop the arbitrary way they treated … Continue reading →

No Place For Hate

Students at Spencer Butte Middle School incite change to 4J safety reporting process

News 4 weeks ago
Logo for the 4J school district on the side of the district building

On Tuesday, April 18, Spencer Butte Middle School students walked out of school to protest the way harassment is reported and responded to on their … Continue reading →

Eugene Human Rights Commission Presses City on Rapid Eviction of Unhoused Campers

City has been giving unhoused campers in parks two hours to move,  dodging a state law requiring 72-hour notice.

News 1 month ago

A member of the Eugene Human Rights Commission pressed a city spokesman Tuesday night on why Eugene has abandoned its long-standing policy of giving unhoused campers … Continue reading →

Slashing Animal Services

Eugene’s animal shelter to lose 56 percent of its funding from the city

News 1 month ago

The only animal shelter serving Eugene/Springfield will lose 56 percent of its funding from the city of Eugene, according to a contract starting July 1. … Continue reading →

Fast and Furious

The city of Eugene has quietly given more than 1,300 unhoused campers only two hours’ notice to move instead of 72 hours

News 2 months ago

Kyrie Ackley leans out of her tent, six feet off the Fern Ridge Trail, not far from where Bailey Hill Road crosses Amazon Creek. The … Continue reading →

Union Pacific’s Trash Problem

Debris from homeless camps on Union Pacific property litters the Willamette. After years of delay, the city hits the company with big fines.

News 3 months ago

By Bentley Freeman, Evan Weston and Hannah Seibold The city of Eugene has hit Union Pacific Railroad with more than $216,000 in fines for failing … Continue reading →

Crisis Mode

A crisis stabilization center in Lane County could mean leaving behind a system riddled with gaps. But first, the county must address what isn’t working. 

News 5 months ago

By Anna Kaminski and Winter Wagner A scorching afternoon in Tucson in August 2020 had all the makings of a tragedy.  A local judge had ordered … Continue reading →

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