Springfield school board adopts budget amid public outcry about Spanish immersion cuts

Will Springfield leaders learn from other payroll tax misfires? | Letter to the editor

Regarding the Springfield City Council’s approval of a local payroll tax, I’m wondering if the council reviewed some of the local tax history before making its decision? Did the councilors, for example, consider what happened when the city of Salem imposed a payroll tax in 2023 without first consulting the electorate? The citizens forced a […]

Fencing off the Eugene downtown federal building raises important First Amendment concerns | Letter to the editor

I am a sophomore at South Eugene High School, researching the state of protests in Eugene for a group project in Civics class. My classmates and I are exploring potential ways to create a safer environment for protestors and law enforcement officials. This research is for a school project, but the topic of protests is […]

Building Eugene's future from the neighborhood up

Ollie Court is a major milestone in the evolution of affordable housing and providing support to families with children. The process that brought together stakeholders, especially neighbors, in addressing our city’s most pressing needs illustrates how collaboration based on mutual respect, listening to neighbor concerns and getting stakeholder buy-in can deliver needed housing.

Art as infrastructure: Why murals, utility boxes, public installations matter to Eugene

What do you do when the zombies arrive? In Eugene the answer is obvious – you close the red gate in the Parcade. And if things on the internet are to be believed, you’ll see pictures of “zombies” hanging out by that very gate or sometimes on the rare occasion dancing their way down the […]

A day in the life: RiverBend emergency department physician Bianca Jacobs

What tethers her to emergency medicine, an unrelenting and exhausting job, is that she gets to problem-solve in the moment. She must be an expert in distinguishing quickly between the superficial and the serious, the chronic and the critical.