Four candidates jostle for partial term on Florence City Council

Buch, Pelroy campaign spending nears $1 million as commissioner race hits final week  

Lane County Commissioner Heather Buch has a six-figure war chest for the final week of her campaign. Meanwhile, opponent Jake Pelroy has burned through money more quickly to reach voters.

Incumbent faces three challengers in race for four-year term on Florence City Council

Top issues for the candidates include housing affordability, easier permitting processes for businesses, and Flock Safety cameras.

Here's a better idea than the Lookout Editorial Board's on clean energy funding | Letter to the editor

In response to the Lookout Eugene-Springfield Editorial Board’s position on the Eugene Clean Energy Fund, here’s a possible option to make the ballot measure more appealing. The editorial board said the Eugene City Council should “start a community discussion about diverting at least half of the estimated $15 million annual fund to put it to […]

Drazan campaign's anti-Kotek billboards are demeaning | Letter to the editor

Each day I drive on Highway 126 and cannot avoid the billboard ads paid for by Christine Drazan’s gubernatorial campaign. A close-up photo of Gov. Tina Kotek looking embarrassed/morose (AI-generated?) with the caption: “Is THIS working?” I find calling our governor “THIS” demeaning, meant as a double entendre, a reference to a nonperson or worse. […]

Weekly Cottage Grove newspaper to stop publishing after more than a century

The Cottage Grove Sentinel, a 137-year-old weekly newspaper in southern Lane County, will cease publication after its Wednesday, Oct. 28, edition, the paper announced last week.