Longtime disability services nonprofit closes in Springfield 

How Springfield’s urban renewal agency buys and sells properties downtown for economic development

Downtown Springfield has seen significant revitalization in the 19 years since voters established a downtown urban renewal district. One way the Springfield Economic Development Agency seeks to do that work is by buying properties and partnering with private developers to build the tax base. But it’s a process that takes time

Today, we launch the most comprehensive obituaries section in Lane County

I have a relationship with obituaries.  As a young news clerk, one of my daily duties was to take a stack of faxes from local funeral homes and write the death notices. Occasionally, I would come across a name I knew. Then there were the days when it was my turn to do the feature […]

Can't we just keep Eugene's parks the way they are? | Letter to the editor

It’s always about making more money! Alton Baker Park just gets smaller and smaller for anyone who just wants a park with trees and grass to spend the day in. And the University of Oregon continues to swallow more land in Eugene for its purposes. When does it ever end? Robin BloomgardenEugene

No Pringles in the pantry, kids. Turns out we're something called an 'ingredient family.'

Everyone is susceptible to the allure of junk food, but the writer tries to teach her son about the virtue of ingredients.

On Oregon’s coast, Port Orford fishers are changing how we eat seafood

Beyond the blustery charm of the Oregon Coast are small fishing communities creating sustainable seafood models that benefit the entire state. Take Port Orford, a small city on the southern coast, not a traffic light or fast food chain in sight. What you will find are wild-caught albacore and merciless wind gusts, cranes hoisting boats into the Pacific, sea stacks dotting the horizon, scientists and fishers fighting to save bull kelp, and a miso black cod bowl you’ll dream of long after you leave.