A Life Steeped in the Arts
In Memory of Lois Wadsworth, 1936-2019
My mother was a gatherer of people. She could draw someone she had just met into conversation, then into friendship, almost before they knew what … Continue reading
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A Different Kind of Prosecutor
Remembering Bill Warnisher
By Randy Harrington Bill Warnisher died Aug. 25 while battling acute leukemia. It was one day after his birthday. He was 62. And when I … Continue reading
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• Take a look down 15th Avenue near Villard Street at the new Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center. It’s only 3,200 square feet, a tiny … Continue reading
She Who Watches: Mauna Kea
Native Hawaiians fight to protect a sacred site
Around the U.S. many tribal people hold particular places in high regard. Indigenous people have sought spiritual guidance from these sites creating a timeless bond … Continue reading
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• Denny Braud rolled out an impressive list of achievements in downtown Eugene over the last 15 years when he showed slides and spoke to … Continue reading
County Commission Climate Denier
Jay Bozievich tells Sunrise Movement to listen to fake news
By Anika Nykanen Jay Bozievich, Republican member of the Lane County Board of Commissioners, revealed his climate change-denying beliefs several weeks ago in an email … Continue reading
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• Here’s your periodic reminder that a strong community needs a strong daily paper — and those cost money. Locally owned Eugene Weekly is free … Continue reading
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Whatever Trump may say, we are not the enemy
• We are not the enemy. On Aug. 16, more than 350 newspapers across the United States, led by The Boston Globe, have signed on … Continue reading
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• “How dare you continue to look away!” If you haven’t listened to Greta Thunberg’s stirring speech to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in … Continue reading
A Friend in Greta Thunberg
A Eugenean experiences the Climate Strike in NYC
The train to downtown Manhattan is filled with people holding signs. Many of these people are children, permitted to skip school for the day to … Continue reading
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• As a newspaper and as a community, we were saddened to hear of the passing of Lois Wadsworth on Saturday, Sept. 14. Wadsworth was … Continue reading
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• Annette Montero died on the streets of Eugene, run over by a truck as she slept. As our cover story shows this week, she … Continue reading
Observing 9/11 at Guantanamo Bay
A Eugene lawyer defending an accused militant leader at Gitmo reflects on terrorism, torture and justice
By Rita Radostitz For the second year in a row, I spent the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. … Continue reading
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• September sighting by a paddle-boarder in the Alton Baker canoe path: three river otters playing in the late afternoon Labor Day sun. • National … Continue reading