Lookout Eugene-Springfield
Inside the Aubrey Mountain Fire that scorched ‘out-of-whack’ forests
Fast-moving crews, plentiful aircraft and proactive land management helped keep the Aubrey Mountain Fire small despite steep terrain and triple-digit heat. The blaze burned through a long-altered…
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2mCritics of EPD would benefit from some nuance | Letter to the editor
QuickTake: Junction City and Creswell are eyeing a regional partnership for their future wastewater needs. Local leaders say it could spur more housing growth. Having recently read several accounts of the local Pride activities and comments made by some involved with that movement about the Eugene Police Department, it highlighted for me an ongoing problem […]
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1mKeep Lane County's rural trash transfer stations open | Letter to the editor
Growing up in a rural community, I can say that closing transfer stations where residents take their trash, as Lane County is considering, isn’t a good option. If the Walton and Low Pass transfer stations were to close, it would just cause more problems, because many residents are too old, disabled and poor. People would […]
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2mFeds withdraw their request for a stay of fence-removal order
Government attorneys have withdrawn a legal challenge to a judge’s order requiring removal of fencing at the Eugene Federal Building as the case remains ongoing.
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8m‘I don’t think the industry can survive this’: Oregon regulators propose steep psilocybin fee hikes
Nonprofit service centers could see annual fees quadruple, while other businesses could have costs double.
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8mAccreditation commission seeks answers from LCC officials, board
A delegation from LCC will travel to Seattle this week for a meeting with Board of Commissioners of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The meeting comes after a tumultuous year for the LCC Board of Education.