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Civic Stadium proved what’s possible, but who will be able to champion the project as fervently as Bev Smith?

How quickly can we get used to sharing how many things? That’s the question the future is asking.

Regardless of how you feel about EmX, Syrett, city council, recalls, or elections in general, defending facts is important.

A bee sting … turned out to be a Cedar Creek ember, carried by the wind. It’s touching us now.

We shouldn’t be surprised that flame-throwers and misanthropes are filling the halls of Capitol Hill. The current system optimizes that outcome.

It’s time for Eugene to stretch itself. We’re building up in the center and along major transportation corridors. At last, some taller projects that aren’t part of the speculative student housing mix. It always bothered me that the tallest neon sign that visitors saw entering from the Ferry Street Bridge was atop Eugene Hotel, where […]

It’s becoming clear that our best future will be more electrified. That future has already arrived on bike paths all around the area.

Leadership requires courage. Lariviere passed that test with flying colors, and those colors were green and yellow.

Nobody knows what comes next for the University of Oregon’s athletic programs or the Pac-12 Conference. The NCAA itself seems powerless and uninterested in its future, leaving those decisions to competing television and media outlets. They will be spending billions for the top-drawer entertainment the schools reliably provide. I don’t know what comes next, but […]

Except for cheapskates going to Track Town Pizza for free souvenir napkins and a handful of high-end eateries, most places reported no perceivable increases.