Steven Hughes Purkey

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.

School districts are struggling financially. Weren't marijuana taxes supposed to help? | Letter to the editor

QuickTake: A breath test after he had been taken to jail showed his blood-alcohol content was zero, the lawsuit contends. The bus driver is seeking up to $100,000 and a judge’s order for Springfield police to train its officers better As we debate the best way to support our ongoing needs as a state, and […]

Nancy Nell Rountree

Nancy Nell Rountree, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Milwaukie, Oregon. She is a former resident of Eugene, Oregon. Stehn Family Funeral Homes, Inc. is handling the arrangements.