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Amid housing crisis, Oregon issues building permits for multifamily units at the slowest pace in 12 years
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (506+ words) Oregon is in a housing crisis. The state needs to build 95,000 housing units to compensate for years of underdevelopment and to house its growing homeless population, according to a recent state report. Multifamily units'from duplexes to large apartment buildings'are one…...
On immigration and protests, order without cruelty is the right path forward
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (823+ words) The recent protests outside the Eugene Federal Building show how immigration has become an identity flashpoint. But a clearer set of state procedures can help maintain order while upholding the promise of Oregon's sanctuary status. On Jan. 30, a protest outside…...
Should companies like Amazon pay for local clean energy projects? Eugene voters may get a say
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (589+ words) Activists have registered an initiative that would create a clean energy fund financed by a 2% fee on local profits of the nation's largest retailers. Organizers now need to gather enough signatures to get it on the ballot. Environmental justice organizers…...
Morning Lookout: Everyone Village to build 100 tiny homes for low-income residents
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (323+ words) Good morning and welcome to Friday, Some good news to end the week: Ben Botkin reports that Everyone Village is going to build about 100 tiny homes at its property in West Eugene. The new homes will help address the need…...
Cottage Grove woman dies after I-5 minivan crash
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (127+ words) A 24-year-old Cottage Grove woman has died after the minivan she was driving struck a roadside embankment on Interstate 5 on Saturday, Feb. 14. Leyla Ann Ayers was taken to an area hospital. The hospital on Feb. 17 notified Oregon State Police that…...
Florence man convicted of rape arrested in California after 18 months on the run
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (213+ words) California police Tuesday, Feb. 17, arrested a 48-year-old convicted rapist from Florence who was wanted by authorities since he failed to show up in court for his June 2024 sentencing hearing. Crist pleaded guilty in Lane County Circuit Court to first-degree rape…...
Powerful labor leader: Keep hands off prevailing wage laws
1+ week, 3+ day ago (800+ words) The building trades appear to have again blocked efforts to speed the development of affordable housing and child care facilities. Few pieces of legislation in the current session have generated more substantive disagreement than Senate Bill 1566, which would clarify and…...
Like Red Panda, Ducks aren’t ready to throw in the towel
1+ week, 4+ day ago (647+ words) Behind a combined 44 points from Nate Bittle and Takai Simpkins " along with a Red Panda halftime appearance " Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena was a lesson in overcoming adversity. Dana Altman knows what Oregon's record is (9"16), and he is plenty aware…...
Lane County’s first Black settlement was erased in 1949. A new monument will immortalize it.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (463+ words) Nearly 80 years after Lane County bulldozed a historically Black community for a bridge project, a life-size bronze sculpture will be placed in Alton Baker Park to honor the families who lived there. "That's my grandfather," Johnson said of the boy,…...
More stories, more easily found: Today, we launch a better reader experience
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (596+ words) Lookout Eugene-Springfield launches a new reader experience including quicker and easier access to stories, guest columns and editorials. If you visit Lookout Eugene-Springfield on your desktop or laptop, you will now notice something different. Today, we launched a new version…...