/tags/eugene Eugene en-US Copyright Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:22:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-13/proposed-eugene-fuel-transfer-facility-faces-backlash-from-local-group An energy company wants to transfer fuel from trains to trucks in Eugene’s Trainsong neighborhood, but some community members there are concerned about the risk of an environmental disaster. Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:22:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-13/proposed-eugene-fuel-transfer-facility-faces-backlash-from-local-group Nathan Wilk /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-01-29/eugene-water-and-electric-board-plans-to-remove-leaburg-dam-in-2032-at-the-earliest The utility says it takes years to obtain federal approval and do public consultations for removing the decommissioned hydroelectric project. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:42:08 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-01-29/eugene-water-and-electric-board-plans-to-remove-leaburg-dam-in-2032-at-the-earliest Nathan Wilk /media-society/2024-01-27/eugene-weekly-plans-to-start-printing-again-in-february The Eugene Weekly is planning to return to print Feb. 8, as it continues its recovery following an alleged embezzlement. Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:42:37 GMT /media-society/2024-01-27/eugene-weekly-plans-to-start-printing-again-in-february Nathan Wilk /media-society/2024-01-06/eugene-weekly-fighting-to-survive-amid-embezzlement-and-layoff-of-entire-staff The local alt-weekly paper in Eugene has been publishing community and regional news since 1982. Many readers consider Eugene Weekly an institution. So when editor Camilla Mortensen wrote a letter explaining that the paper had suffered a huge blow from alleged theft and mismanagement by a longtime employee, the community responded. Sat, 06 Jan 2024 14:06:16 GMT /media-society/2024-01-06/eugene-weekly-fighting-to-survive-amid-embezzlement-and-layoff-of-entire-staff Allison Frost /media-society/2023-12-30/eugene-weekly-lays-off-staff-suspends-printing-following-alleged-embezzlement The Eugene Weekly says an insider's embezzlement scheme has dealt it a "massive financial blow," and it doesn’t have the funds it needs to stay in print. Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:03:19 GMT /media-society/2023-12-30/eugene-weekly-lays-off-staff-suspends-printing-following-alleged-embezzlement Nathan Wilk /health-and-medicine/2023-12-17/oregons-governor-says-shes-monitoring-hospital-closure-in-eugene In August 2023, PeaceHealth announced it would close most of its facility in downtown Eugene and transfer services to its Riverbend hospital in Springfield, effectively leaving the third largest city in Oregon without a hospital. Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:27:31 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-12-17/oregons-governor-says-shes-monitoring-hospital-closure-in-eugene Rebecca Hansen-White /health-and-medicine/2023-08-24/peacehealth-wants-to-close-eugenes-only-hospital The closure would leave Eugene without a hospital, although two options exist in nearby Springfield. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:30:17 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-08-24/peacehealth-wants-to-close-eugenes-only-hospital Chris M Lehman /business-and-labor/2023-08-04/usps-considers-consolidating-services-from-medford-and-eugene-to-portland USPS says consolidating services would modernize the postal network and increase on-time deliveries. But the changes mean an estimated 18 employees in Medford and 36 employees in Eugene would lose their jobs, according to USPS. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:25:14 GMT /business-and-labor/2023-08-04/usps-considers-consolidating-services-from-medford-and-eugene-to-portland Jane Vaughan /health-and-medicine/2023-05-01/as-pollen-counts-climb-oregon-braces-for-severe-allergy-season Experts in Oregon say this spring’s allergy season could be among the worst in the past decade. Mon, 01 May 2023 22:24:54 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-05-01/as-pollen-counts-climb-oregon-braces-for-severe-allergy-season Nathan Wilk /education/2023-03-13/uo-selects-new-president-john-karl-scholz The University of Oregon's Board of Trustees selected the school's next president at a meeting Monday morning. Mon, 13 Mar 2023 22:12:16 GMT /education/2023-03-13/uo-selects-new-president-john-karl-scholz Brian Bull, Chris M Lehman