Rowing can be addictive: Just ask this Eugene rower who’s been at it for half a century

Hoyle and DeSpain face a rematch in November for U.S. House seat

The 4th Congressional District hasn’t had a Republican candidate win since the 1970s. Monique DeSpain wants to change that trend as she faces U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle. 

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Do you ever just feel like screaming? Join the club.

Scream Eugene is a new club built around a simple activity: Show up in Alton Baker Park on a Sunday morning to scream your lungs out about the state of the world. The first gathering this weekend was small, but the scream was spirited.

State agency regularly exceeds benchmark for affordable-housing construction costs

Oregon’s housing agency has a simple yardstick for measuring how efficiently it funds construction of affordable apartments—they shouldn’t cost more to build than the national average. For the past three years, however, it has failed to meet that standard—by a wide margin. Last year, hard construction costs for housing projects it funded averaged $318 a […]

I want Heather Buch to keep fighting for Lane County | Letter to the editor

Keep Lane County Commissioner Heather Buch. East Lane residents should vote for her. She has proven to be a commissioner we can count on. Because of Buch we have better health resources for rural areas — the South Lane Clinic, mobile crisis units and more. Because of Buch our firefighters have more radio resources and […]