Homeless Youth on the RAN
Local technology helps intervene with homeless youth
When Miya Longsworth ran away from a dangerous foster situation in California at only 16 years old, she ended up on the streets of Eugene. … Continue reading
Catalyst Journalism Project Archive
Nothing to See Here
The mayor and City Council appear uninterested in knowing more about
By Kenny Jacoby and Morgan Theophil According to Eugene Weekly’s analysis of Municipal Court data, one out of every four people whom the Eugene Police … Continue reading
Courting The Ones Who Need It
Community Court seeks to support rather than sentence
By Kaylee Tornay, Brittany Norton, Sam Felton, Natalia Riccardi Josh Beals says he doesn’t remember getting the citations that brought him to Eugene’s Community Court … Continue reading
44 Counts of Homelessness
Rod Adams will use the necessity defense
Three times last February, Eugene police officers found Rod Adams, a 60-year-old homeless man, lying in a sleeping bag downtown in the middle of the … Continue reading
A System of Neglect
Long-term care facilities across Oregon abuse residents and fail to meet standards
She moved into River Grove Memory Care in Lane County in October of 2016, needing a little more rehabilitation and care before she could go … Continue reading
DEQ has Oregon in Dirty Hot Water
For more than a decade, Oregon DEQ has failed to come up with an up-to-date permitting system for polluters
By Carl Segerstrom, Katherine Smith and Erin Carey Many of Oregon’s biggest polluters are allowed to pour wastes into the state’s rivers and streams using … Continue reading
Taxpayer-Subsidized Biogas Plant Underperforms, Asks For Massive Tax Break
But the plant hasn’t performed as promised
A Junction City biogas plant that’s already received millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies is now more than $325,000 behind on its property tax bill and is fighting Lane County in court over making good on what it owes. JC-Biomethane opened its plant in 2013 with the promise it would generate electricity to power homes by burning off gases from food wastes. The plant is the first in Oregon to use wastes from businesses and restaurants to generate power, according to records and interviews. Continue reading