Salamanders signal health of McKenzie River watershed

Our climate emergency is also a health emergency. Vote like it. | Letter to the editor

I believe we can all acknowledge that the climate is warming. This year will be one of the warmest on record, and the biggest El Niño ever seen will most likely make next year the warmest in recorded history. Oregon is in a decade-plus drought and this year was the worst fire season in modern […]

Judge finds ICE violates order in whisking detainee into Washington

Relatively few ICE detainees challenge the lawfulness of their detention. But advocates for detainees able to file challenges the day of their arrest say ICE tries to “beat the clock” to get detainees to Washington state before a judge in Oregon can order them released pending additional court hearings.

The loudest voices against the Eugene Clean Energy Fund have it wrong. Here's why I'm voting no.

We all want green jobs with good wages, a reduced carbon footprint and energy-efficient improvements to the homes of our most housing-burdened. But people already pinching nickels shouldn’t bear the cost. This measure will make life immediately harder for working class people in Eugene with a hope that as-of-yet-undetermined projects will roundabout put that money back into their pockets.

Odors return to Baxter site during cleanup, but air stays safe, EPA says

The EPA has removed 2,485 cubic yards of soil and 8,100 gallons of water over the last month from J.H. Baxter. Crews are contracted to be on site for a full year. 

Springfield's city payroll tax will take effect Jan. 1

Springfield will start collecting a payroll tax from employees and employers starting Jan. 1, 2027, the city announced Thursday, Oct. 22.