Lookout Eugene-Springfield
Decision on Trainsong fuel-transfer station drags on, leaving neighbors limbo
Many thought city planners had stopped the proposed facility, where liquid fuel would be moved into trucks. But an appeal has kept the decision unresolved at the state level, and the city said it…
Read the original at Lookout Eugene-SpringfieldMore audio from Lookout Eugene-Springfield
-
4mWith Gordon Hotel and Residences, Obie plants flag in Corvallis
The Eugene-based Obie Companies are expanding their hotel and residence properties to Corvallis. The Gordon Hotel and Residences are due to open in the summer of 2027.
-
6mOregon looks to how other states fund their transportation needs
The transportation group charged with vetting and recommending ideas to solve the state’s $200 million 2027-29 budget gap spent its fourth meeting examining how other states fund their transportation systems. Appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek, the 12-member “Rebuilding our Transportation Vision” workgroup has until the end of the year to deliver funding recommendations to Kotek, though lawmakers asked to […]
-
6mLawsuit could undo Oregon’s ban on excessive out-of-state interest rates
A judge could rule this fall blocking one of Oregon Democrats’ main affordability efforts aimed at preventing predatory lenders from exploiting a loophole in federal law. Oregon has an interest rate cap of 36%, but since 2020, lenders have issued more than 31,000 loans totaling at least $61 million with interest rates exceeding that cap, according to […]
-
4mUO commit Simon Rosselli wins discus gold at U20s
The World Athletics U20 Championships wrapped Sunday with a three-hour sprint to the finish at Hayward Field. Team USA claimed the team title behind a meet-record 24 total medals, including gold from University of Oregon commit Simon Rosselli in the men’s discus. Ellery Lincoln was fifth in the women’s 1500-meter final.
-
3m
Private money versus public trust: Who really owns the forest? | Letter to the editor
The public kerfuffle over timber heir Kathleen Jones-McCann’s tax-and-permit-free compound on the McKenzie River reflects a deep, unresolved conflict over “who will own the forest?” The phrase first became controversial in 2023. For the 22nd consecutive year, the World Forestry Center’s annual conference in Portland was presumptuously called Who Will Own the Forest? . . […]