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In 1886, 27 years after Oregon became a state, the citizens of Lane County decided to help the poor. They gathered together and wrote a letter … Continue reading
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