Mourn the Dead
Remembering those who have died unhoused in Eugene this year

Stripped to their core, all the homeless own is the concrete, dirt and their wits. The concrete is unforgiving, the dirt turns to mud this … Continue reading
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Stripped to their core, all the homeless own is the concrete, dirt and their wits. The concrete is unforgiving, the dirt turns to mud this … Continue reading
Douglas County, Lane County’s politically conservative neighbor to the south, is one of the few in the state that has tried to address homelessness by … Continue reading
The Eugene Police Department has set up a surveillance trailer to monitor a homeless protest camp across from Eugene Weekly. EW has reached out to … Continue reading
Egan Warming Center will activate at 8 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 29, and Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Lane Events Center in the Wheeler Pavilion. St. … Continue reading
Housing First is seen by many advocates for the unhoused as a big step in getting the chronically homeless into long-term housing rather than emergency … Continue reading
On a chilly October night last year, 59-year-old Douglas Saxe rampaged through his supported living apartment complex. He flooded floors, broke power meters and stole … Continue reading
In 1979 she graduated as a class leader in a large Bay Area high school. In 1982 she was a student at the University of … Continue reading
Lane County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1, approving a resolution declaring homelessness an emergency during its Tuesday morning Sept. 10 meeting. The declaration was symbolic … Continue reading
A woman was killed while sleeping in a parking lot during the early hours of Monday, Aug. 26. According to a series of Eugene Police … Continue reading
On any given day, more than 1,600 people wander Eugene without a permanent place to live. The ongoing crisis of homelessness here has tested city … Continue reading