Heady Writing From the Streets of Eugene, Oregon
The City of Springfield has settled the civil rights lawsuit stemming from its police department’s violent beating of protesters and leadership during Black Unity’s “The Noose is Nuisance” protest in the Thurston Neighborhood on...
Wise. Honorable. Gracious. Loving. Optimistic. To anyone that was fortunate to have Ibrahim Coulibaly in their life, these are a few attributes that immediately come to mind when remembering the activist, leader, and exemplary...
The charge of second-degree theft has been dropped in an unexpected twist to the saga following journalist and documentary filmmaker Tim Lewis’ arrest on Jan. 30. Notably, the copious amount of footage obtained by...
The work to dismantle the contentious fence began around 6:30 p.m. on July 1, the night prior to the 7 a.m. deadline for it to be completed, and Double Sided Media was, of course,...
Editor’s Note: The article was updated at 8:40 p.m. to include the official Eugene Pride nonprofit’s response to the Eugene Police Department’s press conference. An alternate Eugene Pride rally and march starting at Kesey...
The Portland Metropolitan Area, and, really, the whole State of Oregon, lost a stellar journalist and exemplary human being in Zane Sparling on June 21. He was 33-years-old. Diagnosed with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma two years...
Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 5:23 p.m. to include Vulnerbach’s response.Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 8:08 a.m. to include Vulnerbach’s two emails in their entirety. It was supposed to be...
The Eugene City Council voted 7-1 during its work session to reward the city’s independent police auditor for nine months on the job. Meanwhile, the Eugene Police Department simultaneously navigates its most recent controversy...
When the Eugene Police Department released the full 23-minute body-cam footage of former officer Martin Siller ahead of Tim Lewis doing so during his Friday, May 15 press conference, they also chose to release...
“Integrity. Compassion. Courage.” The three core values of the Eugene Police Department have, once again, been proven moot by its latest scandal, which, so far, has led to former Officer Martin Siller’s abrupt resignation...
