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Floral Hill housing opponents aren't NIMBYs. We just want to be safe. | Letter to the editor

As her response to neighborhood opposition to her organization’s plan to build a 40-unit publicly financed housing development on Floral Hill Drive, a narrow road a mile and a half from the nearest grocery store and bus stop, DevNW CEO Emily Reiman argues the project is actually less dense than what current code allows, that […]

Field-burning smoke drifts into Eugene, Springfield 

Practice burns from government agencies north of Eugene and Springfield pushed smoke into the southern Willamette Valley cities Thursday, Sept. 10. The practice supports upcoming agricultural burning — also called field burning — which removes straw and roots from grass and seed farms, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture.  The department announced on Facebook […]

Reflecting on 9/11, I grieve for both American families and for victims of U.S. foreign policy | Letter to the editor

I am sure that Lookout Eugene-Springfield Executive Editor Dann Miller’s poignant note in today’s Morning Lookout newsletter, and the stories of Lane County residents on 9/11, resonated with many of us, as we once again engage in a national day of mourning for the 2,977 lives lost. As I read the stories, I could not […]

Oregon lawmakers allocate $123 million for 2026 wildfire season

The 2026 wildfire season has been the state’s most expensive to date.

Planned pickleball project prosperous, but proponents plead for $1M 

Eugeneans are donating tens of thousands of dollars — and even an entire house — to support a planned $6.2 million pickleball complex at Lane Community College. The Peak Credit Union Regional Pickleball Complex (or simply, “The Peak”) would become one of the largest pickleball centers in the Pacific Northwest.