Market Watch: New owner for Pasta Plus brings fresh pasta to Lane County Farmers Market

Despite the Lane County Watersheds Bill of Rights' defeat, supporters are keeping up the fight | Letter to the editor

The message remains clear: More than 46,000 Lane County voters voted YES to protect our county’s watersheds by curtailing corporate profiteers’ activities. Ultimately, the big monied interests used unscrupulous tactics by deceptively rewriting the narrative, misleading the voting public. We are not deterred, and will continue the good fight to advocate for the environment and […]

Oregon's challenges on homelessness are about resources, not politicians | Letter to the editor

I read Monique DeSpain’s Monday guest column blaming Rep. Val Hoyle and Oregon Democrats for our homelessness crisis. I share the frustration many people feel. The situation on our streets is unacceptable, and Oregon has not moved fast enough. But pointing a finger at one member of Congress is not a serious diagnosis of a […]

Perfect storm of big construction projects squeezes small campus-area shops

Big developments underway near Alder and 13th have reduced foot traffic and closed roads and parking spots. Now, small shops like the Korean eatery Cluckin Dog are fighting to keep their doors open.

Mysterious brain disease found in euthanized bear captured in south Eugene

A young animal tested positive for viral encephalitis — a brain disease that has sickened black bears in California and Nevada since 2014, with no proven cause. Sick bears can lose their fear of humans, raising safety concerns.

Lane County commissioners OK $1.3 million settlement in foreclosure proceeds case

The class-action lawsuit was initiated by a man who said the county sold his foreclosed property in Springfield for more than the property taxes owed and kept the nearly $87,000 in profits.