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If the Legislature does not meet a Sept. 27 deadline, responsibility for redistricting passes to the Secretary of State. If that should come to pass, Shemia Fagan will convene a People's Commission.

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Upper Willamette watershed

Apply by Sept. 2 for People’s Commission on Legislative Redistricting

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is inviting Oregonians to apply by Sept. 2 for the Oregon People’s Commission on Redistricting....

The River Road / Santa Clara plan represents a move away from neighborhoods and towards planning districts, according to the City's Chelsea Hartman and Terri Harding.

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Upper Willamette watershed

River Road – Santa Clara plan represents new planning paradigm for Eugene

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

For the River Road / Santa Clara neighborhood plan, Kate Perle, Community Advisory Committee co-chair. Kate Perle: Our River Road...

Coordinating street outreach teams from Eugene and Lane County told how they build trust to help people on the streets move into transitional housing.

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Upper Willamette watershed

City, county electeds hear summer update on street outreach

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Eugene and Lane County heard the latest on regional efforts around homelessness. On the county's street outreach, James Ewell. James...

How can we triple the number of bus, bike, and walking trips in Eugene? Cas Casados asked the Active Transportation Committee in August.

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Upper Willamette watershed

August ATC suggests ways Eugene can triple its active transportation trips

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Cas Casados: Transportation Options: Strategies for a Growing Eugene is trying to make active transportation choices more convenient, in order...

LTD is offering free rides to cooling centers during the current heat wave.

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Upper Willamette watershed

LTD offers free rides to cooling centers during heat wave

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

EUGENE, Ore. ---(Aug. 10, 2021)--- With Governor Kate Brown declaring a State of Emergency due to a forecasted heat wave...

The latest climate report calls for rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Upper Willamette watershed

Aug. 9 IPCC report: Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate...

Staff at health care facilities are included in the new rule; fines will start Sept. 30, 2021.

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Upper Willamette watershed

OHA: Health care personnel not vaccinated or tested will face fines of $500 per day per violation

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

The Oregon Health Authority (Authority), Public Health Division is temporarily adopting OAR 333-019-1010 pertaining to vaccination and testing requirements for...

A recent OSU study described Lane County as a childcare desert.

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Upper Willamette watershed

You can help convert Oregon’s childcare desert to an oasis

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

A recent report described Oregon as a childcare desert. City Club President, Kitty Piercy: Kitty Piercy: My name is Kitty...

Sen. Ron Wyden joined Brittany Quick-Warner and high-speed rail advocates for a Eugene Chamber "Committed to Community" session.

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Upper Willamette watershed

35 minutes to Portland: Cascadia high-speed rail looks to DeFazio, reconciliation

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Two hundred miles-per-hour trains can whisk people from Eugene to Portland in 35 minutes. Sen. Ron Wyden and others told...

Witnesses gathered early Monday for the start of logging at the East 40th project site. The state is reviewing EWEB's erosion permit.

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Upper Willamette watershed

EWEB, public agencies ‘shut out public, terrible for democracy’

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Loggers started quickly Monday, before a LUBA appeal stopped work at the East 40th Water Storage Project. At EWEB's monthly...

Rep. Julie Fahey, Chair of the House Committee on Housing, recapped the 2021 legislature session.

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Upper Willamette watershed

House District 14 Report: Rep. Julie Fahey recaps 2021 session

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Rep. Julie Fahey: We've had a preexisting housing crisis in this state for years. We are over 100,000 housing units...

Seeking to preserve the big firs, Ralph McDonald and others gathered at EWEB's East 40th Water Storage Project site Monday before logging was halted.

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Upper Willamette watershed

SHiNA opposes EWEB logging

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

The Southwest Hills Neighborhood Association (SHINA) board voted 7-0 last month to oppose EWEB’s proposed reservoir project near 40th and...

Interested parties residing in Lane Transit District's Eugene subdistrict 5 are encouraged to apply for the vacant board position.

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Upper Willamette watershed

Resignation creates vacancy for Eugene seat on LTD board

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

The recent resignation of Joshua Skov created an opening on the Lane Transit District board of directors. Subdistrict 5 includes...

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Upper Willamette watershed

Eugene neighbors help prepare for wildfire

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItadXybo7M Fire Chief Chris Heppel: For me as the Fire Chief of Eugene Springfield Fire, the reality for me was,...

Collaboration efforts are on track, participants reported to legislators just before the close of the 2021 session.

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Upper Willamette watershed

Collaborative effort could affect forestry practices across 10 million acres in Oregon

3 years ago John Quetzalcoatl Murray

Timber and environmental groups are collaborating in an unprecedented attempt to agree on new forestry practices. The outcome could affect...

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