PHOTOS: Lane County Gets Blanketed with Snow, More Coming — December 26
John Adair Robert Scherle Chance Raffield Janusz Malo
Category: Local News & Events
PHOTOS: Eugene Comes Together for “National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day”
On Dec. 21, the Eugene community came together at the city’s East Park Blocks for a vigil on National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
PHOTOS: 350 Eugene Protests Eugene YMCA, Kid Sports, and 4J School District’s Planned Methane Use
On Dec. 15, members of 350 Eugene held a demonstration outside of the Eugene Family YMCA in protest of their planned methane use along with Kidsports and the 4J School District.
The Community Stands Against Racism and Hate at North and South Eugene High Schools
In 2007, the Oregon School Activities Association commissioned an independent investigation into accusations of racism and hate occurring during the previous year’s state basketball tournament at the University of Oregon. The investigation confirmed that...
A Collection of His and Her Stories “Illuminate” a Shared History
Capturing a collective history passed on orally is a time honored tradition among humans. Our species has been telling and retelling history for millennia. Then, technological advancements, made in the 1920s, created new ways...
1059 Willamette: Affordable Housing? Affordable for Who?
Affordable housing is an issue that plagues most major cities across the United States. Especially as the effects from the COVID-19 pandemic seem to be unending, but what does affordable housing actually mean? According...
PHOTOS: Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted, Portland Antifascists Hit the Streets
On Nov. 19, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of charges stemming from his Aug. 25, 2020 killing of two antifascist protesters and severely wounding another during a protest for Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. During...
PHOTOS: Community Comes Together at Anti-Houseless Sweep Sit-In
Beginning at 2 p.m. on Dec. 2, approximately fifty community members began a sit-in outside in front of the Atrium Building in protest of Eugene’s continuous housless sweeps. The sit-in—titled “The City of Eugene...
A Community Mourns, The System Continues: Lane County Residents Light a Path to Hope and Reconciliation.
Photo-Editorial of one community mourning two losses and institutional austerity As fall ends and winter rises, Lane County residents with candles in hand lit up the dark night in remembrance of lives lost, rage...
Cascadia Forest Defenders Begin Occupation in Willamette National Forest and Join Demonstration on University Campus
Beginning on Nov. 16, community members with Cascadia Forest Defenders began “occupying a road leading to public forest slated for clear-cutting in the Willamette National Forest” — a part of the Breitenbush Watershed. The...