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11/9/2023 8:00:00 AM

The Ward 7 clothes, race and food donations and other notes in Slant

- Good election news for progressives here-- and around the nation. Eugene City Councilor Lyndsie Leech trounced her challenger for the Ward 7 seat in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, unique election, drawing 5...

9/28/2023 7:00:00 AM

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- Did you vote yet? Time is going out-- or might have run out by the time you read this! The overflow round for Best of Eugene wraps up Sept. 29 at midday. Vote at BestofEugene.com or hold your peac...

9/14/2023 7:00:14 AM

A town hall on PeaceHealth closing in Eugene, the Pac-12, Prefontaine Classic and Vaux's swifts in Slant

The second and last round of Best of Eugene opened Sept. 7 and runs through twelve noon Sept. 29. Send us a note at Editor@EugeneWeekly.com or make a recommendation when you vote at BestofEugene.com...

8/31/2023 7:00:40 AM

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What we're checking out: Necessary Trouble: Growing up at midcentury by Drew Gilpin Faust, the previous president of Harvard University This incredibly written 270-page book is a narrative of a wh...

6/1/2023 7:00:26 AM

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What we're reading: Jill Lepore's piece called "Root and Branch" in the May 29 New Yorker magazine. Brief by New Yorker requirements, only 4 pages, this is one of her wonderful deep dives into a sub...

10/26/2023 7:00:00 AM

Hazardous journalism and the best (and worst) aspects of Eugene Weekly in Slant

Here's our endorsements at a glance: Dissolving the separate Goshen and Pleasant Hill rural fire defense districts and producing a Pleasant Hill Goshen Rural Fire Protection District (yes). In the o...

9/21/2023 7:00:00 AM

From the fun of a parade to the unhappiness of the death of local homeless woman Annette Montero, read it all in Slant

America's college football fans will aim to Eugene at 12:30 pm Saturday, Sept. 23, when the Colorado Buffaloes visit the Ducks. Oregon and Colorado are both unbeaten at 3-0 and ranked in the top 2...

9/7/2023 7:00:11 AM

From Best of Eugene to What We're Reading in Slant

Generally, when we hear of a local newspaper selling, we get the shivers, however this week it's good news. Oregon-based Country Media has acquired Newport News Times, Florence's Siuslaw News and th...

8/24/2023 7:00:59 AM

Contributions for homeless individuals in the heat, WTF PeaceHealth, National Movie Theater Day and More in Slant

PeaceHealth announced the approaching closure of its University District health center, consisting of the ER, in a press release touting its RiverBend ER as "less than 6 miles away," however ignorin...

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