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LCC board agrees to move ahead with plan to cut $8 million over three years
LCC officials have not yet publicly zeroed in on specific areas or programs that would face cuts, but a list of those is expected to be presented to the board in the spring. Meanwhile, LCC unions…
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4mCiting financial struggles, hyperlocal newspaper The Chronicle shuts down
The paper had covered the cities of Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell and Pleasant Hill for more than a century.
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3mOn the eve of Oregon Festival of American Music, Kennedy Center ordered to pay $250,000 to artistic director
Chuck Redd, the festival artistic director for the Oregon Festival of American Music at The Shedd Institute, canceled a Christmas jazz concert after the Kennedy Center board voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facility. The Kennedy Center sued for $1 million, but is now being ordered to pay Redd $250,000.
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3mFirefighters race to contain active wildfire in hills south of Cottage Grove
The blaze quickly reached 55 acres, to become the largest fire in Lane County so far this season.
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3mEugene Clean Energy Fund officially qualifies for November ballot
If passed, the measure would require corporations earning more $1 billion in profits annually in the United States, and over $500,000 in profits in the city of Eugene to pay a 2% fee on gross profits.
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Data center in the Hynix building? Before getting worried, check city code. | Letter to the editor
In regards to the issue of the former Hynix site being potentially used for a data center, I think letter-writer Jean Cottel makes a good point that city code ought to take into account water and power use for industrial land use. That said, I believe that the zoning requirements already laid out in the […]