LCC board formally apologizes to college president for discriminatory behaviors

Citing financial struggles, hyperlocal newspaper The Chronicle shuts down

The paper had covered the cities of Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell and Pleasant Hill for more than a century.

On the eve of Oregon Festival of American Music, Kennedy Center ordered to pay $250,000 to artistic director

Chuck Redd, the festival artistic director for the Oregon Festival of American Music at The Shedd Institute, canceled a Christmas jazz concert after the Kennedy Center board voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facility. The Kennedy Center sued for $1 million, but is now being ordered to pay Redd $250,000.

Firefighters race to contain active wildfire in hills south of Cottage Grove

The blaze quickly reached 55 acres, to become the largest fire in Lane County so far this season.

Eugene Clean Energy Fund officially qualifies for November ballot

If passed, the measure would require corporations earning more $1 billion in profits annually in the United States, and over $500,000 in profits in the city of Eugene to pay a 2% fee on gross profits.

Data center in the Hynix building? Before getting worried, check city code. | Letter to the editor

In regards to the issue of the former Hynix site being potentially used for a data center, I think letter-writer Jean Cottel makes a good point that city code ought to take into account water and power use for industrial land use. That said, I believe that the zoning requirements already laid out in the […]