'Drowning machine' dam can come out, city says, if there's money

Eugene needs safer streets. Red-light cameras would help. | Letter to the editor

QuickTake: Florence residents and Jerry Rust, the vice chair of LCC's Board of Education, say the effort has been kept under wraps and that there's no need to develop what one resident calls "a rare piece of the coastal old-growth ecosystem." This shouldn’t be the way traffic safety works on our streets.  If you spend […]

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Revisiting Oregon’s land-use legacy 50 years on

We know Eugene hasn’t built enough housing to keep prices affordable for median-income families. So why would anyone oppose new housing if it’s already in a place the city envisions for homes? Turns out there are plenty of reasons. And it happens more frequently in Eugene than in many other Oregon cities.

Ex-employee sues LTD alleging he faced discrimination because of sexual orientation

John Gangl, a former eight-year employee of the Lane Transit District, says in a lawsuit he was subjected to homophobic slurs from managers before he was fired. 

Daddy Rabbit, Eugene-based ’50s and ’60s rock band, celebrates seventh album 

Daddy Rabbit’s new album, “Double Feature,” explores hip-hop influences, 1960s psychedelia and Motown-inspired vocal arrangements.