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Springfield votes to join Eugene on new stand-alone agency for fire department
With that OK, the two cities will begin negotiations to create an independent public body called an “intergovernmental entity” that will govern Eugene Springfield Fire. Officials say it will be more…
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5mThe Sunday Duck Report: The cost of doing business
The Ducks took heat for running up the score. Why do the Vikings keep signing up to play them?
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4mPark(ing) Day turns public car spaces into community parks in downtown Eugene
Community members celebrated the 20th anniversary of Park(ing) Day by gathering in parking spaces for a craft circle and paint-by-numbers project.
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3mIn the fall comes restorative fire: a photo essay
The grass curled when a torch set it alight. Ash fell, fire freeing nutrients to the ground: a fertilizing gift to the next generation, as the last one gave to it. Smoke rose under the September sun, turkey vultures circling. The thatch crackled in the slow burn of 25 acres in a former hay field, […]
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6mIt’s a long road to understand someone, especially when they road-trip differently
My husband and I have learned to see life from each other’s inner perspective. His suggestion of taking a new route home on this trip felt like he understood and honored how I saw the world.
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WinCo on Barger closed briefly Friday night due to ‘suspicious device’
Eugene police responded to WinCo Foods on Barger Drive the evening of Friday, Sept. 18, for what was determined to be a firework wrapped in duct tape.