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One way to support the homeless? Showing compassion. | Letter to the editor
Homelessness started a long time ago, when we stopped providing housing and services and forced people “on the street.” You can look back to Ronald Reagan and his brutal cutting of social services,…
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2mMan arrested in Washington after woman found dead at home they shared in Eugene
The woman, Yuvonne Allison, was found stabbed to death by deputies and detectives responding to a request for a "welfare check" at a home in the River Road neighborhood.
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5mArticle on Oregon's teacher preparation programs didn't match the facts
Reducing effective literacy instruction to a checklist — and judging entire programs by whether their syllabi match that checklist — misses what experienced educators know: Teaching reading is complex.
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6mLane County could get $2.4 million in cultural funding — if Salem says yes
The Oregon State Legislature is considering $2.4 million in funding for two Lane County cultural projects: the McKenzie River Discovery Center and the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House garden terrace.
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7mThings to do: See a New Orleans jazz-funk phenom, a Eugene-born ’90s rocker and Shakespeare in one weekend
Also: Build a light-up getup ahead of the BRiGHT Parade, remember a famous forest blockade and hear two artist talks in one night at The Hybrid Gallery
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4mEx-UO student’s excessive force claims against police allowed to move forward
A judge denied a claim of qualified immunity, finding that a “reasonable officer” would know that using “substantial force for a nonviolent misdemeanor” is unlawful.